Bahar Ostadan
@baharostadan.bsky.social
Nassau County politics reporter @Newsday. I used to cover the NYPD for WNYC/Gothamist.
call/text/Signal: 646-740-7335
bahar.ostadan@newsday.com
call/text/Signal: 646-740-7335
bahar.ostadan@newsday.com
Nassau GOP is using Mamdani to drive voters to the polls on Tuesday, plastering his face on mailers and handing out hundreds of these t-shirts last night
October 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Nassau GOP is using Mamdani to drive voters to the polls on Tuesday, plastering his face on mailers and handing out hundreds of these t-shirts last night
ICE uses Nassau jail to detain 1,400 people — many arrested in NYC — under Blakeman program www.newsday.com/long-island/...
ICE held more than 1,400 people in East Meadow jail in last 5 months under agreement with Nassau
County Executive Bruce Blakeman is allowing ICE to use its jail facilities.
www.newsday.com
July 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
ICE uses Nassau jail to detain 1,400 people — many arrested in NYC — under Blakeman program www.newsday.com/long-island/...
Reposted by Bahar Ostadan
Nassau County's upgraded partnership with ICE has resulted in more than 1400 immigrants sent to an East Meadow jail in the last 5 months.
Last year that number was zero.
@baharostadan.bsky.social has the details via @newsday.bsky.social.
www.newsday.com/long-island/...
Last year that number was zero.
@baharostadan.bsky.social has the details via @newsday.bsky.social.
www.newsday.com/long-island/...
ICE held more than 1,400 people in East Meadow jail in last 5 months under agreement with Nassau
County Executive Bruce Blakeman is allowing ICE to use its jail facilities.
www.newsday.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Nassau County's upgraded partnership with ICE has resulted in more than 1400 immigrants sent to an East Meadow jail in the last 5 months.
Last year that number was zero.
@baharostadan.bsky.social has the details via @newsday.bsky.social.
www.newsday.com/long-island/...
Last year that number was zero.
@baharostadan.bsky.social has the details via @newsday.bsky.social.
www.newsday.com/long-island/...
Reposted by Bahar Ostadan
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
June 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
Under Bruce Blakeman, Nassau has tripled its spending on private lawyers.
While neighboring Suffolk County spends $3 million/year, Nassau spends $20 million — doling out contracts to white-shoe firms that work for Trump and donate to Blakeman www.newsday.com/long-island/...
While neighboring Suffolk County spends $3 million/year, Nassau spends $20 million — doling out contracts to white-shoe firms that work for Trump and donate to Blakeman www.newsday.com/long-island/...
Nassau County triples spending on outside lawyers under Blakeman administration
Large contracts went to firms that have also done work for President Donald Trump or have donated to Republicans.
www.newsday.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Under Bruce Blakeman, Nassau has tripled its spending on private lawyers.
While neighboring Suffolk County spends $3 million/year, Nassau spends $20 million — doling out contracts to white-shoe firms that work for Trump and donate to Blakeman www.newsday.com/long-island/...
While neighboring Suffolk County spends $3 million/year, Nassau spends $20 million — doling out contracts to white-shoe firms that work for Trump and donate to Blakeman www.newsday.com/long-island/...
NEW: The NYPD may lower its college credit requirement to recruit more cops.
You currently need at least 60 credits with a 2.0 GPA or 2 years in the military. www.newsday.com/news/new-yor...
You currently need at least 60 credits with a 2.0 GPA or 2 years in the military. www.newsday.com/news/new-yor...
NYPD considers lowering college requirement to bolster recruiting, sources say
The department is facing an exodus of police officers who are retiring or quitting.
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February 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
NEW: The NYPD may lower its college credit requirement to recruit more cops.
You currently need at least 60 credits with a 2.0 GPA or 2 years in the military. www.newsday.com/news/new-yor...
You currently need at least 60 credits with a 2.0 GPA or 2 years in the military. www.newsday.com/news/new-yor...
NEW: Nassau has officially signed onto a decades-old ICE program that — until now — has existed mostly in the South.
Nassau cops will now arrest and help deport undocumented immigrants. Here’s what to know: www.newsday.com/long-island/...
Nassau cops will now arrest and help deport undocumented immigrants. Here’s what to know: www.newsday.com/long-island/...
Nassau police are embedding with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Here's what to know.
Legal experts raise concerns about how the county will implement its new program.
www.newsday.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEW: Nassau has officially signed onto a decades-old ICE program that — until now — has existed mostly in the South.
Nassau cops will now arrest and help deport undocumented immigrants. Here’s what to know: www.newsday.com/long-island/...
Nassau cops will now arrest and help deport undocumented immigrants. Here’s what to know: www.newsday.com/long-island/...