NepYork – By Kishor Panthi | Published July 31, 2025
New York City has taken a significant step to protect its immigrant communities from fraud with the automatic enactment of two City Council bills into law. Introduction 205-A and Introduction 980-A became law on July 31, 2025, after the Mayor opted not to take action on them within 30 days of their passage.
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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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BrooklynPaper – By Gabriele Holtermann | Published July 2, 2025
The City Council on June 30 passed three pieces of legislation aimed at protecting immigrants in the face of federal policies that have left many fearful and anxious.
Two of those measures — a resolution and a bill — were introduced by Brooklyn politicians Sandy Nurse and Shahana Hanif, respectively.
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Queens Post – By Shane O’Brien | Published July 2, 2025
The New York City Council has passed legislation introduced by Queens Council Member Julie Won and Brooklyn Council Member Shahana Hanif, aiming to combat immigration legal services fraud, whereby predatory actors exploit the fears of immigrant communities by offering false promises of legal services.
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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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AMNY – By Adam Daly | April 24, 2025
The City Council on Thursday approved a broad legislative package aimed at strengthening civil rights protections and healthcare access for transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and intersex (TGNCNBI) individuals, marking one of the most comprehensive local efforts in the nation to safeguard gender-diverse communities.
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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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