{"id":53,"date":"2026-02-06T17:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T22:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/justin-sanchez\/?p=53"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:57:15","slug":"council-member-justin-sanchez-district-17-elected-co-chair-of-city-councils-lgbtqia-caucus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/justin-sanchez\/2026\/02\/06\/council-member-justin-sanchez-district-17-elected-co-chair-of-city-councils-lgbtqia-caucus\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Member Justin Sanchez, District 17, Elected Co-Chair of City Council\u2019s LGBTQIA+ Caucus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL \u2014<\/strong>&nbsp;Today, members of New York City\u2019s Council\u2019s LGBTQIA+ caucus elected Council Member Justin Sanchez to serve as Co-Chair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m grateful to my colleagues for their trust in me, and I look forward to building an even stronger partnership between each member, where we can lead through unity and purpose while advancing LGBTQIA+ equality and visibility,\u201d said Co-Chair Justin Sanchez.<\/p>\n<p>Council Member Justin Sanchez represents the 17th Council District of New York City Council, which covers a portion of the South Bronx. Sanchez is a freshman Council Member who served as the Chair of the LGBTQ+ Caucus of the Young Democrats of America and President of the Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur caucus is at a historic juncture. Our community is on the front lines of hate and division handed down to us from the Trump administration,\u201d said Sanchez, \u201cAs a result, our caucus cannot waiver to any threats and the quality of our work must be more effective and impactful than it has ever been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chi&nbsp;Oss\u00e9, a second term Council Member who represents District 36 in Brooklyn, was also elected Co-Chair. Sanchez and&nbsp;Oss\u00e9&nbsp;succeed former Co-Chairs Tiffany Caban and Crystal Hudson who both remain on the caucus and represent Districts 22 and 35 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The LGBTQIA+ Caucus of the New York City Council is a coalition of Council Members who work collaboratively to advance legislation, secure resources, and advocate for policies that protect, affirm, and uplift LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers. The caucus serves as a unified voice in City Hall, centering equity, inclusion, and safety while ensuring that LGBTQIA+ communities are represented in the City\u2019s legislative and budgetary priorities.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation includes both Co-Chairs and both former Co-Chairs as well as Council Members David Carr (District 50) and Lynn Schulman (District 29).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>####<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL \u2014<\/strong>&nbsp;Today, members of New York City\u2019s Council\u2019s LGBTQIA+ caucus elected Council Member Justin Sanchez to serve as Co-Chair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m grateful to my colleagues for their trust in me, and I look forward to building an even stronger partnership between each member, where we can lead through unity and purpose while advancing LGBTQIA+ equality and visibility,\u201d said Co-Chair Justin Sanchez.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/justin-sanchez\/2026\/02\/06\/council-member-justin-sanchez-district-17-elected-co-chair-of-city-councils-lgbtqia-caucus\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":352,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/justin-sanchez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/justin-sanchez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/justin-sanchez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/justin-sanchez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/justin-sanchez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/justin-sanchez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/justin-sanchez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/justin-sanchez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/justin-sanchez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}