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District 39

Shahana Hanif

Kensington, Borough Park, Windsor Terrace, Park Slope, Gowanus, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, and the Columbia Waterfront

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | July 23, 2025  


NEW YORK, NY – Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga and Council Member Shahana Hanif celebrated DCWP’s annual series of Business Education Days with a walkthrough in Kensington, Brooklyn. Commissioner Mayuga, Council Member Hanif, and DCWP staff went door-to-door answering questions and informing small businesses about what they need to know to comply with the City’s business laws, which cover consumer and workplace protection, licensing, financial counseling, and more.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | June 11, 2025

Press Contact: Mus Lamia | mlamia@council.nyc.gov 

Education Amid Republican attacks on IVF, Intro 1303 would require the DOHMH to conduct a public education and outreach campaign on fertility treatments and coverage options to help close gaps in reproductive healthcare

City Hall, NY — At today’s Stated Meeting of the New York City Council, Council Member Shahana Hanif, accompanied by 19 members of the Council’s Women’s Caucus, introduced Intro 1303, a bill aimed at increasing public awareness of fertility care and improving access to critical
information regarding insurance and Medicaid coverage for fertility treatments.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | June 11, 2025

Press Contact: Mus Lamia | mlamia@council.nyc.gov 

Legislation mandates Narcan access, training, and administration for Corrections Officers and incarcerated overdose prevention kits for New Yorkers upon release

City Hall, NY– Today, in an important step for public health and criminal justice reform, the New York City Council voted to pass Intro 206-B to expand and strengthen overdose prevention measures within city jails.

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Crain’s New York Business – By Amanda D’Ambrosio | April 25, 2025

The City Council passed a slate of bills on Thursday to bolster legal protections for people
seeking gender-arming services.

The legislation comes months after local hospitals – including NYU Langone and Mount
Sinai – abruptly halted care for patients under 19 following an executive order that
threatened to pull federal funding from facilities providing services including puberty
blockers, hormone therapies or gender-arming surgeries to minors.

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Gay City News – By Matt Tracy | April 24, 2025

Standing alongside the co-chairs of the City Council’s LGBTQIA+ Caucus, dozens of advocates fed up with attacks on gender-affirming care huddled on the steps of City Hall on April 24 and chanted, “When trans rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!”

The rally set the stage for an eventful day at City Hall just hours before lawmakers approved a package of bills intended to protect gender-affirming care across the five boroughs after several hospitals either cancelled appointments or otherwise pulled back on care for youth and some adults in recent months as a result of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump earlier this year.

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