Nassau County, Long Island's Executive Bruce Blakeman Signs 'Landmark Legislation' Trans Athlete Ban Into Law
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The Patch ^
| 07/15/2024 | Jerry Barmash
MINEOLA, NY — After five months of legal wrangling, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has signed a trans athlete ban into law. Prior
to putting his signature on the bill, Blakeman said he was there to "celebrate what I believe is landmark legislation that will protect the integrity of women's sports, the fairness of women's sports and the safety of women's sports." Blakeman initially put forth an executive order in February banning trans athletes from competing at county facilities. However, Attorney General Letitia James would take Blakeman to court for taking the controversial action. Nassau County Democratic Minority Leader Delia...
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Bill Banning Transgender Athletes From Women's Sports Passed By Nassau County, Long Island Lawmakers
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The Daily Voice ^
| 06/25/2024 | Sophie Greiser
The Nassau County Legislature passed a bill that prevents transgender women from competing in women’s sports on Long Island.At a meeting on Monday, June 24, lawmakers voted 12-6 to pass the law. Originally
introduced by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s office, the bill would require sports teams to designate whether they are a female, male, or co-ed team and is aimed to prevent “biological males” from competing on women’s teams. It echoes an executive order Blakeman originally introduced in February 2022, which tried to prevent transgender women from participating in women’s sports at all county-run facilities. The executive order mirrored...
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Bill Banning Transgender Athletes From Participating in Women’s Sports Advanced By Nassau County, Long Island Lawmakers
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Daily Voice ^
| 06/12/2024 | Sophie Grieser
A month after the Nassau County Executive’s executive order banning transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports was struck down in court, a new proposed bill with the same goal has been advanced to the next step.After an at-times heated discussion between lawmakers and public commenters at a Nassau County legislative committee
meeting on Monday, June 10, a bill aiming to bar transgender women from women’s sports passed an initial committee vote. The bill, which was introduced by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, would require sports teams to designate whether they are a female, male, or co-ed team and is...
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NY Supreme Court Shoots Down Nassau County, Long Island's Transgender Sports Ban
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Hotair ^
| 05/12/2024 | Jazz Shaw
In February of this year, Nassau County in Long Island, New York banned males from participating in girls' and women's sports. While
many supported the move, protests broke out on the left and lawsuits were filed. On Friday, a judge on the state Supreme Court struck down the rule. This led to celebrations among trans activists, including New York Attorney General Letitia James. But those celebrations may turn out to be a bit premature. A closer reading of the ruling reveals that Judge Francis Ricigliano did not rule that the ban couldn't be enacted. Instead, he determined that the County...
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Biden-Appointed Federal Judge Hinders Nassau County From Enforcing Ban On Biological Males Competing In Women’s Sports
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American Action News ^
| 04/05/24
A federal judge denied a motion Thursday from Nassau County to avoid a state lawsuit against its policy to prevent men from participating in women’s sporting events at county-run facilities. Republican
Executive Bruce Blakeman of Nassau County on Feb. 22 signed an executive order that would deny the use of county parks and property for women’s sporting events unless they limit participation to one biological sex, based on participants’ birth certificates. After being threatened with a lawsuit by Democratic Attorney General Letitia James of New York over the policy, Blakeman sought an order from the U.S. District Court for the...
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Caitlyn Jenner backs New York Nassau County’s ban on male transgender athletes in women's sports: 'Stop it now while we can'
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MSN Via Fox News ^
| 03/19/24 | Bailee Hill
Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner is backing a New York county's effort to ban transgender athletes from competing against biological women, arguing that doing so will protect competition in female sports. "You
have to compete in the biological sex that you were born. This is critical to protecting the integrity of competition in women's sports," Jenner, a Fox News contributor, said in Mineola, New York, on Monday. "My fear is that if this woke agenda that's out there… the DEI world that's out there, if this continues, it'll ruin women's sports over the next 10, 20 years. Let's stop it...
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New York AG Letitia James threatens ‘decisive legal action’ over Nassau County’s transgender athlete in women’s sports ban
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The Hill via MSN ^
| 03/02/2024 | Brooke Migdon
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) on Friday demanded that a Nassau County official immediately repeal an executive order restricting the ability of transgender women and girls to participate in athletic events at county-run facilities, arguing it is “in clear violation” of state law. “ The law is perfectly clear: you
cannot discriminate against a person because of their gender identity or expression. We have no room for hate or bigotry in New York,” James said in a statement, referring to an executive order issued last week by Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman. Blakeman’s order, which prohibits athletic events...
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NY Attorney General Condemns Long Island Nassau County's Transgender Athlete Ban
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Daily Voice ^
| 02/23/2024 | Sophie Grieser
Hours after a county executive on Long Island announced an order prohibiting transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports, the New York State Attorney General publicly denounced the motion.On Thursday, Feb. 22, just hours after Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed his executive order, Attorney General Letitia James announced that her office
would look into the next steps to protect transgender athletes from the ban, which she called “dangerous.” “This executive order is transphobic,” she said in a statement. “In New York, we have laws that protect our beautifully diverse communities from hate and discrimination of any and every kind...We...
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Nassau County Bucks Liberal New York Establishment, Bans Transgender Athletes from Playing as Women
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Breitbart ^
| 02/22/2024 | Warner Todd Huston
Officials of Nassau County, New York, are bucking the liberal establishment of the state after moving to place a ban on men competing as women in the sports facilities the country controls. County
Executive Bruce Blakeman says the ban is intended to protect the integrity of women’s sports. “What we are saying here today with our executive order is that if a league or team identifies themselves or advertises themselves to be a girls or women’s league or team, then biological males should not be competing in those leagues,” Blakeman said, according to WLNY-TV.
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Nassau woman[?] arrested for attacking a woman older than 65 at church [photo]
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ActionNewsJax ^
| 09/20/2023 | Staff
A woman was arrested on battery charges after police say she attacked a woman at church on Sunday. The Fernandina Beach Police Department was dispatched to the St. Peter’s Episcopal Church after receiving calls about a fight. When
officers arrived, they were met with the victim who stated that the suspect, Holly Valentine, shoved past her and threatened her with violence, according to an arrest report. The victim stated that Valentine then grabbed her by the throat, shoved her to the floor, and began choking her. In an attempt to free herself, the victim threw her hot coffee at Valentine,...
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Photo of man holding dolphin in Nassau County sparks outrage and investigation
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WINK News ^
| August 23, 2023 | Rachel Cox-Rosen
A photo posted on Instagram of a man holding a dolphin has caught the attention of investigators. The
photo shows a man holding a baby dolphin out of the water in Nassau County, which is near Jacksonville. The dolphin is now believed to be dead. Both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are now investigating the incident. Marine biologists say when you take a dolphin out of the water, they can be crushed by the weight of their own bodies. Researchers say you can tell by the dorsal fin. Now, they’re trying...
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Nassau baby dies after teen mom put what she thought was cocaine in bottle, was actually fentanyl
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actionnewsjax.com ^
| July 12, 2023 at 6:44 p.m. | By Meghan Moriarty and ActionNewsJax.com News Staff
NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. — A teenage mother is under arrest after she put what she thought was cocaine in her baby’s bottle, but was actually fentanyl, and the baby died, Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper said Wednesday. Deputies were called to Deerfield Country Club Road in Callahan on Monday, June 26 about
a 9-month-old baby boy who was not breathing and had no pulse, Leeper said.
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Human error turns every registered voter in New York's Nassau county into a Democrat
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Just The News ^
| 05/20/2023 | Charlotte Hazard
An error by a printing company has made every registered voter in Nassau County, New York, a Democrat, based on the voter ID cards received this week in the Republican-leaning county. A
spokesperson for the printing company, Phoenix Graphics, said that it was human error and is being fixed, according to NBC New York. About half a million of those who got their cards this week saw that they were registered as Democrats, when they were actually registered Republicans, independents or members of a different political party. "We’re already starting to get phone calls from people, saying 'I’m a registered...
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Human Error Turns Every Registered Nassau County Voter Democrat
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NBC NewYork ^
| May 16, 2023 | Melissa Colorado
A mistake listing every Nassau County registered voter as blue had many — especially Republicans — seeing red.Many voters in the GOP-leaning Long Island county got their voter ID cards in the mail on Tuesday, and a half-million who got their cards saw a pretty glaring typo: All the cards say voters
are registered Democrats, when in fact they might be Republican, independent or members of another political party.
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Nearly 90 percent of Nassau County suspects freed without bail in ‘dramatic spike’: stats
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nypost.com ^
| November 3, 2022 | Snejana Farberov and Kyle Schnitzer
Close to 90% of suspects arrested in Nassau County between July and September were freed without bail — mostly in assault and larceny cases — up 2% compared with the previous quarter, startling new statistics show. GOP
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman revealed the latest crime data at a rally and press conference Thursday in Manhattan. He was joined by local law enforcement leaders including Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr., Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison and Paul Digiacomo, head of a police detectives’ union. “In Nassau County, what we’ve seen is a dramatic spike in people who are...
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Nassau County road rage shooting leads to two girls shot, both fathers in jail
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First Coast News Staff ^
| October 10, 2022 at 7:21 pm EDT | By Josh Navarro
NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. — Two girls were shot after a dangerous road rage incident over the weekend in Nassau County, and their fathers were arrested in the case.
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Republican Ari Brown Scores Resounding Victory in Nassau Assembly Race
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hamodia.com ^
| 4/8/22 | Reuvain Borchardt
ISLAND PARK, N.Y. — Republican Ari Brown defeated Democrat David Lobl by a 2-1 margin in a special election for the New York State Assembly’s 20th District seat, as Republicans continue to gain momentum on Long Island and predict victories across the state and nationally next November. “This is just the beginning
of a red wave like never before,” Brown said Thursday night, after he won the seat — covering areas including the Five Towns, Island Park, Long Beach and Atlantic Beach — which was vacated by Republican Melissa “Missy” Miller in February, who took a position on the Hempstead...
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Nassau Leader Bruce Blakeman calls on legal Long Island firearms owners to donate long guns to Ukraine
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cbsnews.com ^
| March 3, 2022 | CAROLYN GUSOFF
MINEOLA, N.Y. -- Help for Ukraine is coming in all forms, including refugee and medical supplies.But on Thursday, an unusual collection was launched on Long Island. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is asking legal gun owners to donate firearms, CBS2's Carolyn Gusoff reported."We could get a million guns to the people of
the Ukraine," Blakeman said.Citing French resistance during World War II, Blakeman is asking Americans to arm Ukrainians with donated long guns.
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Nassau County exec signs order defying Hochul’s ‘autocracy’ on mask mandates
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https :// nypost . com / 2022 / 01 / 06 / bruce - blakeman - issues - order - defying - kathy - hochuls - mask - mandates / ^
In direct defiance of Gov. Kathy Hochul, newly installed Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman wants to let school districts decide if kids must wear masks inside buildings. The
Republican official signed a trio of executive orders Thursday — including one that would give Nassau’s school boards the ability to scrap student mask mandates. Arguing that Albany was imposing an “autocracy” upon the state, Blakeman repeatedly ripped Hochul’s mask decrees prior to the signing. “School boards are comprised of elected officials who make decisions based upon the unique circumstances of each district,” Blakeman said at a Thursday press conference. “They are...
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Cuomo won't be charged in Nassau County over sexual misconduct allegations
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Fox news ^
| 12/23/2021 | Ronn Blitz
Prosecutors in Nassau County, New York, will not bring charges against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo over sexual misconduct allegations that came out of a state attorney general's investigation. A
statement from Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce Smith issued Thursday said that Smith's office had "concluded" its probe into an alleged incident from September 2019 that was said to have taken place at the Belmont Racetrack.
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