NY GOP gov hopeful Blakeman lauds SCOTUS ruling — as fight continues over Nassau’s trans sports ban

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman applauded the US Supreme Court’s ruling upholding state bans on transgender athletes competing in women’s sports Tuesday — as the court battle over Nassau County’s own edict continued. Blakeman, the Nassau executive, banned trans athletes from participating on women’s sports teams in county-owned facilities, a prohibition that state Attorney General Letitia James has challenged in court. “We made history in Nassau County when I signed the nation’