Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said he will comply with a new New York law that bans formal 287(g) cooperation agreements between local police and ICE, while joining a lawsuit by 15 county sheriffs challenging the law. The law also prohibits local jails from holding people in custody for ICE, affecting counties like Nassau, which has jailed over 1,000 people at its East Meadow facility since last October. Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James defended the law, calling the sheriffs' lawsuit frivolous, while a Rensselaer County sheriff leads a separate federal challenge.