It IS ILEGAL in New York State to discriminate against ANYONE based on their gender ….
Nassau County IS IN New York…..
The Republican county Executive can’t just freelance….
A New York state Supreme Court struck down a Long Island county’s transgender athlete ban on Friday.
The executive order, issued in February by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, was shot down by Judge Francis Ricigliano after ruling that he did not have the authority to deliver one.
“With the stated goal of protecting women’s and girls’ rights to compete athletically, the County Executive issued an Executive Order aimed at preventing transgender women from participating in girls’ and women’s athletics at Nassau County parks, despite there being no corresponding legislative enactment providing the County Executive with the authority to issue such an order,” Ricigliano said in the 13-page decision.
American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) New York chapter celebrated the decision.
“This decision sends a strong message that transphobic discrimination cannot and will not stand,” they said in a Friday poston social media platform X….