A Republican official who oversees Nassau County on New York's Long Island  seemingly refused to lower flags to half-staff in memory of the late Democratic President Jimmy Carter, who died last weekend at the age of 100.

A New York county that hadn’t been flying flags at half-staff following former President Jimmy Carter’s death announced on Sunday it’s planning to do so. “The flags in Nassau County will be at half-staff for President Carter from the commencement of Lying in State on January 7th through burial on January

Flags are flying at half-staff across the country to commemorate former President Jimmy Carter — except for in one New York county. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has refused to lower flags at government buildings in his district,