Left: New York City mayoral candidates former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa and Zohran Mamdani during a debate. Right: Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signing a bill. (Angelina Katsanis, Pool/AP Photo; Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Images)
"It's very clear," he said. "When you look at the results here in Nassau County, any chief executive of any county or any city or town or village in New York state, or in America for that matter, should look very closely at reconsidering and cooperating with ICE because they're doing a great job in keeping our county safer and they would do a great job keeping the rest of the communities throughout the United States safer if people work with them, instead of working against them."
Blakeman said that in September alone Nassau County Police worked with ICE to arrest 47 illegal immigrants, 28 of whom were involved with gang activity, including drug selling, attempted murder, carjacking and robbery.
"That’s 47 people who won't be preying on our communities going forward. So, I think it's been tremendously successful," he said.
He also said the Nassau County Jail has processed over 2,000 ICE cases.
"That's another 2,000 people that are off the streets of not only Nassau County, but the whole metropolitan area. So, we're not only keeping Nassau County safe, but we’re also keeping the rest of the metropolitan area safe by cooperating with ICE," he said.
New York Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani, center, celebrates with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., right, during an election rally on October 26, 2025 at Forest Hills Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City. (Andres Kudacki/Getty Image)
"I am very concerned that we will not get accurate intelligence from NYPD. I would be very concerned about sharing sensitive intelligence with NYPD. Certainly, I would be reticent to go on joint operations unless our detectives and our police officers were protected when they go into the city of New York."
"It will certainly make our life more difficult for our police officers and our corrections officers and our sheriffs," he went on, adding, "It will make our job a lot harder, but we'll do what we got to do to protect Nassau County."
Blakeman said he has already met with Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Rider to strategize for the possibility of a Mamdani victory.
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"We're hoping that the people of New York City see him for what he is. He's a communist, he's a virulent antisemite, and he's someone that does not share American values. And he has said he wanted to defund the police, that he wants to use social workers instead of cops to investigate crimes. I mean, it's just craziness coming out of this guy's mouth. So, it'll make our life more difficult if he becomes mayor, but we'll do what we have to do."
"My number one job is to make sure that we have a very safe community. The fact that we're the safest county in America and we're one of the largest counties in America is a credit to our police officers, our sheriffs, and our cooperation with our federal agencies," he said, adding that the ICE partnership has "worked even better than anticipated."
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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