FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
NEW YORK BOARD OF REGENTS PUNTS ON MERGING GIRLS AND BOYS SPORTS IN WAKE OF ARENA CAMPAIGN TO
SAVE GIRLS SPORTS.
Hudson Valley-Sept. 9…The New York Board of Regents has at least temporarily shelved plans to merge Girls and Boys high school sports in New York State after State Senate candidate Gina Arena (SD-40) launched her campaign within a campaign to Save Girls Sports in the state. The Board of Regents had planned to vote this week on a proposal to permanently provide boys spots on girls high school sports teams if the same sport isn’t offered for boys. At the same time, progressives are advancing a constitutional amendment in New York — Prop One — that would give biological males a constitutional right to play on girls sports teams here.
“After 52 years of Title IX progress, New York State has shamefully become the national leader in discriminating against women and girls in sports, and that’s unacceptable,” Ms. Arena said. “Sixty-six percent of New Yorkers recently surveyed said they want Girls Sports left alone, but radical progressives, like my opponent State Senator Pete Harckham, think they know better than the rest of us. Girls work hard to get on sports teams, and many dream of earning athletic scholarships to college, but that will all be jeopardized if they are forced to compete against boys and other biological males. This is a clear issue of common sense, safety, and fairness; there is nothing logical or fair about what New York State is planning.”
Ms. Arena, a mother of six girls, launched a lawn sign awareness campaign across the lower Hudson Valley to “Save Girls Sports” on National Women's Equality Day last month. Ms. Arena, a longtime children and families advocate and a lifelong Westchester resident, garnered 47% of the vote against Mr. Harkham in 2022. The 40th State Senate District spans Westchester, Putnam, and Rockland counties.
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