Zohran Mamdani wants to spend $65M on trans medical treatment — including for minors — if elected NYC mayor

Mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani wants to spend $65 million toward transgender treatment – including for minors – if he’s elected to lead New York City.

The Queens assemblyman, who is locked in a close race with former governor Andrew Cuomo in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, says on his campaign website that the money would be funneled to public providers to help transgender New Yorkers.

About $57 million would be allotted for public hospitals, community clinics, federally qualified health centers and nonprofits with another $8 million for more expanded services, according to the campaign website.

The Democratic socialist’s campaign said the spending is necessary because private Big Apple hospitals had stopped providing gender affirming care for minors under threats from the Trump administration earlier this year.

President Trump signed an executive order aimed at restricting gender transition procedures for patients younger than 19, but that measure has been blocked by a judge for now.

Trans care for youth has been a controversial issue with critics arguing children and teens are too young to move ahead with something so permanent while supporters believe the treatment helps handle gender dysphonia that could lead to mental health problems.

Mamdani also vowed to go after private medical institutions that continue to deny trans youth care, stating he would work with state Attorney General Letitia James and local district attorneys in the five boroughs to “investigate and hold public hearings on hospitals that deny trans youth their rightful healthcare and hold them accountable to the law.”

Providing trans care to city youth is in line with the state constitution and city laws, according to Mamdani’s campaign.