Farías cites Trevor Project data and medical consensus supporting affirming care

These laws interfere with the ability of transgender youth, their families, and their providers to make the health care decisions that are right for them and access the medical care they need and can have devastating consequences.

It is well documented that transgender and non-binary children experience anxiety and depression at higher rates than their cisgender peers.

According to a 2025 survey published by the Trevor Project, transgender and non-binary young people who were unable to access the hormones they wanted were nearly twice as likely to attempt suicide than those who could.

Additionally, four out of 10 transgender and non-binary young people seriously considered attempting suicide in the last year.

These young people are not inherently at a higher risk of these issues.

Rather, they are in a world that fights their existence at every turn.

These repeated attacks would weigh on any adult, so it is no surprise that young people feel the effects of a transphobic environment so acutely.

Gender-affirming care is backed by decades of research and supported by every major medical association in the United States, representing more than 1.3 million doctors.

Every person has the fundamental right to access the health care they need without fear of discrimination, prejudice, or barriers to treatment.

that support their mental, physical, and emotional well-being.

So today, we'll hear from the administration and we'll ask, how are you ensuring access to gender-affirming care for transgender and non-binary youth in New York City?

And where are you ensuring that accessibility for them?

Thank you to the members of the Committee on Women and Gender Equity who have joined us today.

I'd like to thank our committee staff.

Julia Goldsmith-Pinkham, Katie Selina, and Ali Stauffer, as well as my own staff, Daniel Curtin, for their work on today's hearing.

Thank you so much, and I'll turn it back over to Chair Caban.