(The Center Square) — A New York Republican county executive is being sued over a move to deputize citizens for law-enforcement efforts, with Democrats arguing that it amounts to an “illegal militia.” The lawsuit, filed by a pair of Democratic county legislators, argues that Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and county Sheriff Anthony LaRocco’s move to deputize private citizens as provisional sheriff’s deputies violates the law. It calls on a state judge to declare the program illegal and b