The Supreme Court ruled on June 30 that states can legally bar transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports, upholding laws in Idaho and West Virginia. New York City issued a statement saying its own protections for trans student athletes are not changing.

Taylor Brown, the director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs, and Christine Clarke, the chair and commissioner of the New York City Commission on Human Rights, released a joint statement responding to the ruling, according to Gay City News. “While the Supreme Court today has chosen to permit states to explicitly discriminate against transgender students, the reality on the ground in New York City remains unchanged,” they wrote. “The City of New York will continue to be a place where transgender students can play the sports they love and be treated at all times with dignity and respect.”

The court found that the Idaho and West Virginia laws, which restrict participation in girls’ and women’s sports to students assigned female at birth, do not violate Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 or the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The ruling is expected to affect dozens of other states that have passed similar laws, Gay City News reported.