Flags are flying at half-staff across the country to commemorate former President Jimmy Carter — except for in one New York ...

A Republican county official on Long Island is refusing to lower flags to half-staff following the death of former President ...

Critics had assailed the Nassau County executive for not ordering flags at half-staff to honor the 39th president.

One Republican county executive on Long Island is refusing to lower flags to half-staff in memory of late President Jimmy Carter.

County Executive Bruce Blakeman seemingly refused to comply with the federal mandate, but on Sunday he released a statement ...

MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Republican official who oversees Nassau County on New York's Long Island has done an about face after seemingly refusing to lower flags to half-staff in memory of the late ...

Flags have been lowered to half-staff at federal, state and local buildings around the country to memorialize former President Jimmy Carter — but not in Nassau County, where County Executive ...

A New York county that hadn’t been flying flags at half-staff following former President Jimmy Carter’s death announced on Sunday it’s planning to do so.