{"id":862176,"date":"2026-06-12T12:29:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/862176\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T12:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:29:29","slug":"nyc-mayor-mamdani-announces-15-million-for-gender-affirming-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/862176\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mayor Mamdani announces $15 million for gender-affirming care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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As part of the Pride Month celebration on Tuesday evening, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a> touted the work his administration has done to expand services for LGBTQ+ communities, calling New York City a “haven” for people with alternative gender identities.<\/p>\n

In particular, Mamdani doubled down on promises of $15 million in funding for trans communities.<\/p>\n

“The threats will continue and so will our relentless protection of trans people across this city,” Mamdani said, referring to challenges he said LGBTQ+ communities face.<\/p>\n

“As a first step, my administration has made a $15 million investment in gender affirming care over the next two years, and we will continue to use every tool at our disposal to make sure every trans and gender non-conforming New Yorker can live with the dignity, safety and freedom they deserve.”<\/p>\n

MAMDAMI MARKS PRIDE MONTH, SAYS HONORING ‘QUEER AND TRANSGENDER’ CONTRIBUTIONS WOULD TAKE MORE THAN 30 DAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a May Day rally at Washington Square Park in New York City on May 1, 2026. On Monday, Mamdani called for ICE to be abolished following the arrest of an illegal immigrant. (Yuki Iwamura\/AP)<\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s speech builds on similar efforts in other cities and looks to follow through on campaign promises Mamdani made <\/a>on the road to his mayoral victory.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear where, exactly, the $15 million request is being allocated from or how it will be disbursed as New York City Council members continue consideration of the 2027 budget.<\/p>\n

Progressive-led subsidized transgender initiatives have also advanced<\/a> in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Like New York, San Francisco<\/a> established an Office of Transgender Initiatives and, through its Department of Public Health, has funded guidance for hormone therapy, surgery and mental health case management.<\/p>\n

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers his 100 Days Address outlining progress on his core campaign promises in Queens, New York City, on April 12, 2026. (David ‘Dee’ Delgado\/Reuters)<\/p>\n

If implemented, Mamdani\u2019s initiative would go further, directly funding procedures.<\/p>\n

Despite pushing the envelope on city-led programs for trans services, the New York funding falls short of the vision Mamdani painted while on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n

“The Mamdani administration will budget $65 million in funding to explicitly support and expand access to Gender Affirming Care (GAC) in NYC,” Mamdani\u2019s campaign website read.<\/a><\/p>\n

That plan detailed that up to $57 million would go to public hospitals, community clinics, health centers and non-profits that could perform procedures.<\/p>\n

Although Mamdani\u2019s plan for the $15 million remains hazy, he said his support of the LGBTQ community was proven \u2014 and would only grow.<\/p>\n

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New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attends the 2025 New York City Pride March on June 29, 2025 in New York City. (Noam Galai\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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“As your mayor, I was proud to establish New York City\u2019s first-ever office of LGBTQIA+ affairs within the first 100 days of our<\/a> administration,” Mamdani said.<\/p>\n

“This office focuses on the well-being of queer New Yorkers so that you know you have a champion and advocate within city government.”<\/p>\n

Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As part of the Pride Month celebration on Tuesday evening,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":862177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,321086,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,2750,42066,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,5301],"class_list":["post-862176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-health-care-executive","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-san-francisco","tag-transplants","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116737145994147420","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}