Nassau County is planning to install surveillance cameras, license-plate readers and facial-recognition technology along its border with New York City, County Executive Bruce Blakeman said.

Blakeman, speaking to Fox News Digital, reiterated plans to boost the county police force headcount and said he would intensify patrols on the border to protect Nassau. He didn't give specifics or a timeline for the technology and patrol deployment.

Blakeman's remarks, published by Fox News earlier this week , come in the aftermath of the election of Zohran Mamdani as New York City mayor. Blakeman has called Mamdani a "dangerous person."

"We are doing everything necessary to make sure that Nassau County is safe," Blakeman told Fox News.

A spokesman for Blakeman, Chris Boyle, on Tuesday declined t

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