ALBANY – NYGOP Chair Ed Cox released the following statement ahead of the Board of Regents’ anticipated vote next week to permanently allow boys to play in girls’ sports:

“After delaying this vote until after the election, the Trojan Horse is through the gate and radical progressives’ relentless assault on fairness and opportunity is about to enter its next phase.

“This anticipated decision by the Board of Regents undermines fairness, safety, and the opportunities of female athletes. It’s a radical move that flies in the face of science and common sense. Since 1975, every member of the Board of Regents has been chosen on a partisan basis by the Assembly Speaker. The Democratic Party and state teacher unions essentially control the election of Regents members – their actions should surprise no one.

“While Democrats and their stenographers in the media were baselessly accusing Republicans of ‘fear mongering’ on Prop 1, barely a month after the election, we have been proven correct: Republicans have long warned that Proposition 1 would embolden policies like this that put ideology above reality and force New Yorkers to grapple with harmful consequences.”

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