{"id":824,"date":"2026-01-16T02:02:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T02:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/?p=824"},"modified":"2026-01-16T02:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T02:02:04","slug":"council-member-amanda-farias-appointed-chair-of-the-new-york-city-council-committee-on-women-and-gender-equity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/2026\/01\/16\/council-member-amanda-farias-appointed-chair-of-the-new-york-city-council-committee-on-women-and-gender-equity\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Member Amanda Far\u00edas Appointed Chair of the New York City Council Committee on Women and Gender Equity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><br \/>January 15, 2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW YORK, NY<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Following today\u2019s vote of the New York City Council, Council Member Amanda Far\u00edas was appointed Chair of the Committee on Women and Gender Equity, where she will lead the Council\u2019s legislative and oversight efforts to advance equity, safety, and economic security for women, trans, and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored to serve as Chair of the Committee on Women and Gender Equity and grateful to Speaker Julie Menin for her trust in my leadership. As a woman of color and a lifelong Bronxite, I am proud to advance policies that strengthen protections, expand economic opportunity, and ensure dignity and safety for women, trans, and gender non-conforming New Yorkers across our city\u2014especially at a time when gender equity is under attack nationally,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said Council Member Amanda Far\u00edas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Committee on Women and Gender Equity plays a critical role in shaping policy related to gender-based violence prevention, economic opportunity, reproductive and bodily autonomy, caregiver support, and equity across city agencies. As Chair, Council Member Far\u00edas will oversee legislation, hearings, and budget advocacy to ensure gender equity is embedded in how New York City governs.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout her tenure on the Council, Far\u00edas has been a leading voice on gender equity issues. She has helped pass landmark legislation advancing menstrual equity, survivor support, reproductive rights, and universal childcare, and continues to serve on the Commission on Gender Equity. Her leadership has consistently centered the lived experiences of working families, caregivers, and communities of color.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Chair, I am committed to building on the Council\u2019s progress and pushing further,\u201d Far\u00edas added. \u201cNew York City has a responsibility to lead with courage and clarity in this moment, and I intend to ensure this committee delivers meaningful outcomes that improve lives across all five boroughs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><br \/>January 15, 2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW YORK, NY<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Following today\u2019s vote of the New York City Council, Council Member Amanda Far\u00edas was appointed Chair of the Committee on Women and Gender Equity, where she will lead the Council\u2019s legislative and oversight efforts to advance equity, safety, and economic security for women, trans, and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/2026\/01\/16\/council-member-amanda-farias-appointed-chair-of-the-new-york-city-council-committee-on-women-and-gender-equity\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":338,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[162],"tags":[90,198,203,202,200,128,199,201],"class_list":["post-824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-amanda-farias","tag-committee-on-women-and-gender-equity","tag-council-member","tag-lgbtqia","tag-new-york-city-council","tag-nycc","tag-trans","tag-women"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 21:22:04","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/338"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/amanda-farias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}