A state Supreme Court justice has upheld Nassau’s law banning transgender athletes from playing on girls and women’s sports teams on county property, stating the law — one of the first of its kind locally — was designed to "protect women and girls in sports."

New York Attorney General Letitia James and the New York Civil Liberties Union filed separate lawsuits against Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and the county last year, saying the law violates the state's human rights and civil rights law. NYCLU is representing a North Massapequa roller derby organization that includes transgender athletes.

In two decisions released Monday, state Supreme Court Justice Bruce Cozzens wrote that Nassau was not excluding transgender athletes from participating in sports on county property, as

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