{"id":259571,"date":"2026-06-08T19:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/259571\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T19:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:38:07","slug":"city-run-gender-affirming-care-clinic-for-trans-patients-coming-to-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/259571\/","title":{"rendered":"City-run gender-affirming care clinic for trans patients coming to New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the Trump administration<\/a> seeks to limit access<\/a> to gender-affirming care<\/a> for minors and public insurance enrollees, New York City officials now plan to launch and run a transgender<\/a> health clinic themselves.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the New York City<\/a> Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced plans to open a gender-affirming care clinic in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, Crain\u2019s New York Business first reported<\/a>. The department has not officially announced when the clinic will launch.<\/p>\n

Opening the new clinic marks \u201cone of the first times that the public health department has ever taken that step,\u201d City Health Commissioner Alister Martin said at a New York City Council budget hearing on Friday.<\/p>\n

Related: NYC\u2019s most powerful transgender official is fighting intensifying anti-LGBTQ+ federal pressure<\/a><\/p>\n

The city health department did not immediately return The Advocate’s request for comment. But plans for the clinic come as the federal government has become increasingly hostile<\/a> toward gender-affirming care, and as medical providers across the country have closed<\/a> trans health services to youth, fearing financial and legal penalties<\/a> from the federal government.<\/p>\n

In New York City, two major health networks, NYU Langone Health<\/a> and the Mount Sinai Hospital System<\/a>, have closed their gender-affirming care programs to minors, and have not publicly disclosed when they plan to reopen them.<\/p>\n

The health department has not announced whether its new clinic will serve minors, which means it won\u2019t yet solve the shrinking pool of gender-affirming care providers for the city\u2019s trans youth.<\/p>\n

In his city council testimony Friday, Martin said limits on the clinic\u2019s reach would likewise stem from the federal government\u2019s hostility toward youth gender-affirming care providers.<\/p>\n

Related: New York opens America’s first city-funded shelter specifically for trans people<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are committed to this issue and want to make sure we provide the services and resources for youth,\u201d Martin said. Still, \u201cwe don\u2019t [want to] expose ourselves to clawbacks from the federal government, which disrupt the rest of the care that we can give.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has subpoenaed hospitals<\/a> across the country for access to private medical records for trans youth who received gender-affirming care at their facilities. NYU Langone was issued a subpoena<\/a> last month and was later sued by patients<\/a> to stop the possible release of their records.<\/p>\n

Last week, local news blog Gothamist reported that<\/a> Mount Sinai told patients it would share their records with the Trump administration, but the hospital declined to comment on the allegations.<\/p>\n

Related: Mayor Mamdani appoints trans woman to run first-ever NYC Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs<\/a><\/p>\n

Given the threats of a tense regulatory environment around gender-affirming care and the limited options available to the city\u2019s youth, New York City Councilmember Tiffany Cab\u00e1n, a Democrat representing the neighborhood of Astoria, told the city\u2019s health department that helping trans youth access gender-affirming services has become urgent.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m talking to parents all the time, and they don\u2019t know where to take their children,\u201d she said during Friday\u2019s city council hearing.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Advocate: City-run gender-affirming care clinic for trans patients coming to New York City<\/a><\/p>\n

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