Bruce Blakeman says Nassau will continue to protect women's sports after an appeals court freezes the ban
Bruce BlakemanNassau County executive, speaking to the New York Post, as reported by Fox News
After an appeals court barred the county from enforcing its law while the roller derby league's appeal continued, Blakeman tells the New York Post that Nassau County will continue to protect the integrity and safety of women's sports.
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Nassau County's ban on teams that include transgender women and girls in women's and girls' sports at county facilities protects the integrity and safety of women's sports.
“Nassau County will continue to protect the integrity and safety of women's sports”
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Appeals court strikes down Nassau County's ban on transgender women in women's sports at county parks; the county says it will keep appealing
On November 4, 2026, New York's Appellate Division, Second Department, ruled that Nassau County's law barring women's and girls' teams that include transgender women and girls from county parks and facilities conflicts with state anti-discrimination law and is invalid. Attorney General Letitia James and the NYCLU, which challenged the law, welcomed the ruling. The county attorney says Nassau intends to continue the appeals process.
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Fox News reports that a New York appeals court froze Nassau County's ban days after a judge upheld it, quotes Blakeman's vow to the New York Post to keep protecting women's sports, and summarizes the history of the executive order and the county law.
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Fox News reports that a New York appeals court froze the county's ban days after a judge upheld it, and that Blakeman vowed to move forward with the law.
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Fox News reports that the Appellate Division said making the women's roller derby league coed would change the identity of the league.
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The reference point is Nassau County's law barring women's and girls' teams that include transgender women and girls from county parks and facilities, which the Second Department struck down on November 4, 2026. Blakeman presents the ban as protecting the integrity and safety of women's sports and vows to keep doing so, which defends it.
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Read the full caseNassau County says it intends to continue appealing the ruling
Nassau County
“we are reviewing the decision with the intention to continue the appeals process.”Read statement
NYCLU, through attorney Gabriella Larios, calls Nassau's ban unjust and aimed at excluding trans people
New York Civil Liberties Union
“I want people to understand that this ban is unjust, and it is aimed at excluding trans people from places they have grown up, from communities that they feel safe in”Read statement
Letitia James calls Nassau's ban an illegal and exclusionary policy after the appeals court ruling
“No one asked for this illegal and exclusionary policy. Bruce Blakeman was just trying to stop athletes from playing with their teammates. I am pleased the court saw right through it.”Read statement
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