New York county lawmakers pass transgender athlete bill

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Local New York lawmakers on Monday voted to pass a bill that would prohibit transgender athletes from competing in girls and women’s sports at county-run facilities.

The legislature on Long Island’s Nassau County voted 12-5 in favor of the measure. The majority Republican lawmakers supported the bill, with two Democrats voting absent.

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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman speaks to the crowd during his State of the County address held at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola, New York on March 6, 2024. (Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

The approval represented a win for Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. He first introduced the measure as an executive order, but the county’s Supreme Court ruled that he didn’t have the authority to introduce it as an executive order.

Blakeman ended up passing it through the legislature instead.

"I am gratified that the Republican Majority in the legislature voted in favor of this common sense measure to protect the integrity of women's sports and the safety of women participants," Blakeman said in a statement.

Nassau County, New York, Executive Bruce Blakeman speaks at a Long Island Association (LIA) event on January 5, 2024 in Woodbury, New York. (Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

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The measure, which covers more than 100 sites just outside New York City, requires any teams, leagues or organizations that seek a permit from the county’s parks and recreation department to "expressly