New York City Hospitals Fold to Trump. Will Zohran Mamdani Defend Trans Care?

"Young people who relied on the clinic for counseling, puberty blockers, and hormones found themselves without care. Families scrambled to find alternatives before their children's medications ran out. Hospital leadership shrugged; the "current regulatory environment," they told reporters, had forced their hand."

"A parent of a trans teen told Gothamist, she felt that "New York is one of those places where we'll be safe." Now, though, she's not so sure. "I don't feel so safe right now.""

""We have seen NYU Langone comply with illegal executive orders out of a fear of their so-called biggest donors," Mamdani said at the time. "Let us remind them that the city is also one of their biggest donors. Let us remind them that they do not pay""

NYU Langone Health and Mount Sinai Health System shuttered their transgender youth clinics in February, citing the Trump administration's regulatory environment, despite proposed rules not yet becoming law. Young patients lost access to counseling, puberty blockers, and hormones, forcing families to scramble for alternative care. Parents expressed fear and uncertainty about safety in New York. Mayor Zohran Mamdani had campaigned on protecting transgender New Yorkers through $65 million in public hospital funding, an LGBTQ+ affairs office, and legal protections. His previous opposition to NYU Langone's actions now faces a critical test as hospitals preemptively comply with anticipated federal policies.

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