In order to meet this moment in history, New York State must prioritize health dollars and policies to reduce health disparities and support communities and people targeted by those in power, including women and transgender, gender nonconforming, nonbinary, and intersex people – and members of these communities facing interlocking forms of oppression because of their race and class. The NYCLU calls upon the Governor and legislature to adequately fund reproductive health care and gender-affirming care in the FY2027 state budget. The legislature must also include provisions in the Article VII legislation that support access to health care. Moreover, the legislature must add hospital transparency (S.8965) to their one house budgets and ensure that it remains in the final enacted budget.
