Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is set to introduce a bill that would ban transgender athletes from participating on female sports teams at county-owned facilities. This controversial proposal was first introduced as an executive order, but was recently struck down by the Nassau County Supreme Court. Judge Francis Ricigliano ruled that Blakeman did not have the authority to issue the executive order, which denied park permits to women’s and girl’s teams that allowed female transgender athletes to participate.
In his 13-page decision, Judge Ricigliano noted that Blakeman’s order was specifically targeting transgender women from participating in girls’ and women’s athletics in county parks without any legal basis for such action. Despite this setback, members of the mostly Republican-led legislature are expected to pass the latest legislation into county law.
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