Controversy erupts in Nassau County, New York as Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman allegedly refuses to lower flags to half-staff in honor of former President Jimmy Carter's death.
A row has broken out in New York State's Nassau County after Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman allegedly ignored a request to lower American flags to half-staff on county buildings as a tribute to recently deceased former President Jimmy Carter .Following the death of Carter, aged 100, on December 29, 2024, President Joe Biden instructed all flags on public buildings to be lowered to half-staff for 30 days, a proclamation repeated by New York State's Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul.
However, speaking to Long Island newspaper Newsday, a spokesperson for Blakeman confirmed the flags had not been lowered on county buildings. The publication reported Blakeman 'rebuffed' a request from Nassau County Democrat Seth Koslow to have the flags put at half-staff.Newsweek contacted Bruce Blakeman and the Nassau County Democratic Party for comment via online contact form and email respectively on Saturday outside of regular office hours
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