Nassau County bans trans women from playing sports at its facilities

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Thursday February 22, 2024 [Donate now]( ADVERTISEMENT [Nassau County bans trans women from playing sports at its facilities]( [Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman speaks at a news conference.]( [The executive order signed on Thursday compels sports leagues to follow the order or lose their ability to use county-owned facilities.]( ADVERTISEMENT More Stories From Today [Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg denounces Republican Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell after she refused to extradite the suspected killer of a woman in a Soho hotel after he was arrested.]( [Manhattan DA slams AZ prosecutor for refusing to extradite NYC murder suspect]( [The Republican attorney of Maricopa County critiqued the Manhattan district attorney’s treatment of migrants who attacked NYPD officers in Midtown earlier this month.]( [The entrance to the York College building in Queens seen on Oct. 24, 2023]( [2 CUNY campuses in Queens evacuated due to bomb threat: NYPD]( [Police later deemed the threat "noncredible."]( [1915 Billingsley Terrace in the Bronx seen after a partial collapse on Dec. 11, 2023]( [Engineer accused of negligence in Bronx building collapse hit with 2-year suspension]( [The city says Richard Koenigsberg won’t be able to conduct facade inspections given his role in the December 2023 collapse.]( [A woman in a red jacket waves pink flags in a parade.]( [The 2024 Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade is on Sunday. Here's what you need to know.]( [Parade organizers expect 500,000 people to come and celebrate the "Year of the Dragon."]( [People working in an office building.]( [Extra Extra: Aromatherapy is coming to an office building near you]( [Because maybe making offices smell like hotels will trick your brain into thinking you're on vacation while at work, here are your afternoon links: Dunkin' has entered the energy drink game, NYC is sitting on a lot of unused gift cards, a beer truck crashes into a Popeye's, and more from around the city and internet.]( [This aerial view shows Arthur Ashe Tennis Stadium and LaGuardia Airport (top right) on Nov. 10, 2018 in Queens. A new NASA study shows the airport and the stadium rank among the fastest sinking areas in New York City due to being constructed on landfills.]( [NYC is sinking — but it's not because of large buildings]( [New NASA research takes a closer look at why parts of New York City are sinking, offering a polite fact check to another study that went viral earlier this year.]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( Follow Gothamist on [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]( [Gothamist]( [WNYC Studios]( [NJPR]( [WQXR]( [New Sounds]( Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.