My sense of the mayor is that he is a real ally, but it's true that the proof is in the pudding, he needs to be proactive on the issue as with any major issue, I support him and trust him, but he still has to live up to that.
Yes this is the moment we have been dreading and it’s time for Mamdani to keep his promises, swiftly and definitely. Anything less will have myriad harms - directly to trans youth and ultimately all of us, and broadly in showing we were just a political talking point as often happens to our detriment.
He also needs to visibly support Callen Lorde, the LGBTQ clinic that serves trans youth and adults that was specifically threatened by the Trump administration this week.
If the LGBTQIA+ people of New York City cannot have the fullest possible protection, where else in the United States of America are they supposed to go?
(And would we not all take a shift to hold all the appropriate flags in front of the Stonewall National Monument had they not been reinstated?)
Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned loudly and proudly as a defender of the Trans community.
But now, when that community is under direct attack and lifesaving care has been stripped away at NYU Langone, he has gone silent.
The annulment of protections and the collapse of gender-affirming services is not a bureaucratic footnote — it is a crisis.
Trans youth and their families are terrified. Doctors are being pressured.
Healthcare institutions are bending to political threats. And the mayor of New York City — who promised bold action, funding, and unwavering defense — has yet to step forward with urgency, clarity, or leadership.
New York City is supposed to be a sanctuary.
That means more than campaign slogans. It means mobilizing city resources. It means public confrontation of federal intimidation.
It means emergency action to ensure care continues somewhere, somehow, without interruption.
Silence in this moment is not neutrality. It is abdication.
If Mayor Mamdani truly believes the promises he made — to defend gender-affirming care, to protect LGBTQ+ New Yorkers, to stand up to political extremism — then now is the moment to prove it. Issue executive action. Convene hospitals.
Deploy funding. Use the bully pulpit. Stand visibly with trans youth and their families.
New Yorkers were promised courage.
What they are seeing right now is hesitation — and hesitation costs lives.
If he doesn't keep his word, it's going to cause incalculable harm- not only in the immediate effects (loss of care, etc.), but in the catastrophic erosion of trust in our few remaining political allies such a betrayal would cause. After all, if even the most progressive of Democrats can't be relied upon, who do we turn to?
I’m normally not a fan of editorializing in a news story. But as a native New Yorker and former patient at Langone Health, the hospital’s betrayal of the trans community is unforgivable. Langone, like Fenway Health, has much to answer for. Regardless, let’s hope Mamdani does more than Michelle Wu did to protect trans rights.
This just happened yesterday. Give it a minute. He’s likely trying to find a path forward along side Tish James. He’s been in office 6 weeks. Give him a chance before you get readers all worked up.
Erin-I cannot think of a better way of "Reminding" Mayor Mamdani of his promise than to make sure he has access to "Erin In The Morning". I have an extra gift subscription, but have no idea how to gift it to him. If he doesn't already get it (shame on him), could you please gift him with my extra one please?
If he doesn't follow through and starts to join the ranks of every other politician that will really be a shitshow.
My sense of the mayor is that he is a real ally, but it's true that the proof is in the pudding, he needs to be proactive on the issue as with any major issue, I support him and trust him, but he still has to live up to that.
Well. We're watching.
Will Dems try to pass a "transgender bill of rights" when they have the majority to do it? We're watching that too.
Thank you Mrs. Reed.
Yes this is the moment we have been dreading and it’s time for Mamdani to keep his promises, swiftly and definitely. Anything less will have myriad harms - directly to trans youth and ultimately all of us, and broadly in showing we were just a political talking point as often happens to our detriment.
He also needs to visibly support Callen Lorde, the LGBTQ clinic that serves trans youth and adults that was specifically threatened by the Trump administration this week.
If the LGBTQIA+ people of New York City cannot have the fullest possible protection, where else in the United States of America are they supposed to go?
(And would we not all take a shift to hold all the appropriate flags in front of the Stonewall National Monument had they not been reinstated?)
I was feeling salty about his budget promise to the public library systems of NYC (promised 0.5%, budgeted 0.39%) but this is even more important.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned loudly and proudly as a defender of the Trans community.
But now, when that community is under direct attack and lifesaving care has been stripped away at NYU Langone, he has gone silent.
The annulment of protections and the collapse of gender-affirming services is not a bureaucratic footnote — it is a crisis.
Trans youth and their families are terrified. Doctors are being pressured.
Healthcare institutions are bending to political threats. And the mayor of New York City — who promised bold action, funding, and unwavering defense — has yet to step forward with urgency, clarity, or leadership.
New York City is supposed to be a sanctuary.
That means more than campaign slogans. It means mobilizing city resources. It means public confrontation of federal intimidation.
It means emergency action to ensure care continues somewhere, somehow, without interruption.
Silence in this moment is not neutrality. It is abdication.
If Mayor Mamdani truly believes the promises he made — to defend gender-affirming care, to protect LGBTQ+ New Yorkers, to stand up to political extremism — then now is the moment to prove it. Issue executive action. Convene hospitals.
Deploy funding. Use the bully pulpit. Stand visibly with trans youth and their families.
New Yorkers were promised courage.
What they are seeing right now is hesitation — and hesitation costs lives.
Just another political making false promises
Give it a minute. This just happened
No this was announced yesterday he should have spoken out this morning - I yet to hear a response
If he doesn't keep his word, it's going to cause incalculable harm- not only in the immediate effects (loss of care, etc.), but in the catastrophic erosion of trust in our few remaining political allies such a betrayal would cause. After all, if even the most progressive of Democrats can't be relied upon, who do we turn to?
Mr. Mamdani, all eyes are on you.
Terrific reporting.
I’m normally not a fan of editorializing in a news story. But as a native New Yorker and former patient at Langone Health, the hospital’s betrayal of the trans community is unforgivable. Langone, like Fenway Health, has much to answer for. Regardless, let’s hope Mamdani does more than Michelle Wu did to protect trans rights.
I emailed his office of the importance of upholding his campaign promises. Any suggestions about what else can be done to hold his feet to the fire?
This just happened yesterday. Give it a minute. He’s likely trying to find a path forward along side Tish James. He’s been in office 6 weeks. Give him a chance before you get readers all worked up.
The solution is revolution
Erin-I cannot think of a better way of "Reminding" Mayor Mamdani of his promise than to make sure he has access to "Erin In The Morning". I have an extra gift subscription, but have no idea how to gift it to him. If he doesn't already get it (shame on him), could you please gift him with my extra one please?