Flags in New York's Nassau County not lowered to half-staff following Jimmy Carter's death

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Transgender women at county facilities

On February 22, 2024, Blakeman issued an executive order banning women's sports teams that include transgender women from using county facilities. The ban applies to youth, college, and professional sports. Sports teams including transgender men were not targeted. In a press conference beforehand, Blakeman repeatedly referred to transgender women as "bullies" and "biological males," and recommended that they join men's or co-ed teams instead. State Democratic leadership and Long Island LGBTQ advocates condemned the order as discriminatory and illegal under state law, and accused Blakeman of using the controversy over transgender people in sports for self-promotion.[70][71][72]

State attorney general Letitia James issued a cease-and-desist letter to Blakeman; he sued the attorney general in response.[73] In March the Long Island Roller Rebels, represented by the New York Civil Liberties Union, filed suit against Blakeman over the order.[74][75] Later that month Caitlyn Jenner made an appearance with Blakeman in support of the ban.[76] In April, district court judge Nusrat Jahan Choudhury denied a request from Blakeman for a restraining order against James preventing her from blocking the executive order.[77] Later that month, Choudhury dismissed his suit against James.[73]

On May 11, a state judge struck down the order on the grounds that the county executive lacked the authority to impose the ban.[78] The county legislature passed a similar ban the next month, voting along party lines.[79][80][81]