Gov. Kathy Hochul is defending New York’s LGBTQ-inclusive policies after Nassau County executive and gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman cast blame on the governor and sided with a Westchester-based Catholic nursing home in its quest to win an exemption from New York State policies requiring facilities to respect queer and trans patients.
The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, who serve patients with incurable cancer at Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne, New York, sued the state in federal District Court in April, claiming violations of the First and 14th Amendment in response to mandates under New York’s LGBTQ Long-Term Care Facility Residents’ Bill of Rights.
