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FILE - Members of the Long Island Roller Rebels practice, Mar. 19, 2023, at United Skates of America, in Seaford, NY. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File)

NEW YORK – A New York county's law banning transgender women from playing on female sports teams at county-run parks and recreational facilities has been halted for now.

A state appeals court on Wednesday barred Nassau County from enforcing the ban while a legal challenge brought on behalf of a local women's roller derby league plays out.

The decision comes after a lower court judge upheld the local law Monday, and the New York Civil Liberties Union, which had sued on the roller derby league’s behalf, vowed to challenge the ruling.

Judge R. Bruce Cozzens had ruled the county ban was “narrowly tailored” and “does not categorical

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