Committee on Women and Gender Equity

Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, A.8191/S.7985, establishing a gender-affirming care program in the department of health to ensure the continuity of gender-affirming care services in the state

Last action: Introduced by Council

Oversight - Access to Gender-Affirming Care and Associated Mental Health Outcomes for Transgender and Nonbinary Youth.

Oversight - Housing Instability Among LGBTQ+ Individuals in NYC.

Last action: Hearing Held by Committee

Resolution calling on the United States Congress to pass, and the President to sign, H.R.7659/S.3911, designating the Pride flag as an authorized flag eligible for display at units of the National Park System, including the Stonewall National Monument

Last action: Introduced by Council

Resolution calling on the New York State legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.3394-A/A.3226-A, the ceasing repeated and extremely egregious predatory (CREEP) behavior act

Last action: Referred to Comm by Council

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation reporting on efforts to combat sexual harassment and equal employment opportunity violations at city agencies, and to repeal local law 101 for the year 2018, relating to the climate surveys and action plans to combat sexual harassment and equal employment opportunity violations at city agencies

Last action: Referred to Comm by Council

Resolution declaring November 25 as the “International day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women” in honor of the Mirabal sisters

Last action: Referred to Comm by Council

Oversight - Protections against harassment in digital and physical spaces for women and gender expansive people.

Last action: Filed, by Committee

Resolution calling on the United States Congress to pass, and the President to sign, H.R.7467/S.3815, also known as Virginia’s Law, in relation to eliminating the statute of limitations for civil lawsuits filed by survivors of sexual abuse and trafficking

Last action: Laid Over by Committee

A Resolution calling on the United States Congress to pass, and the President to sign, H.R. 3562, the DEFIANCE Act of 2025, to provide a federal civil cause of action for victims of non-consensual intimate digital forgeries.

Last action: Laid Over by Committee

Resolution calling upon the United States Congress to pass, and the President to sign, H.J.Res.80/S.J.Res.38, establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment

Last action: Approved, by Council

Resolution declaring March 24 annually as Women of Color in Tech Day in the City of New York to recognize the contributions of women of color to the technology industry and to acknowledge the challenges they still face

Last action: Approved, by Council

Oversight - Serving Women Veterans.

Oversight - The State of Gender Equity in NYC.

Last action: Filed, by Committee

Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.1532/A.4576, to require school districts to establish policies and procedures regarding the treatment of transgender or gender non-conforming students

Last action: Laid Over by Committee

Resolution celebrating the contributions of Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera to the LGBTQ+ rights movement in the United States

Last action: Laid Over by Committee

Resolution calling on Congress to pass, and the President to sign, the LGBTQIA+ package of legislation currently before Congress

Last action: Laid Over by Committee

Resolution calling upon the New York Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign legislation to ensure equal educational opportunity, basic civil rights protections and laws and policies that prohibit bias-based victimization, exclusion, and erasure of LGBTQ+ young people in K-12 New York State schools, as called for in GLSEN’s 2023-2024 “Rise Up for Youth” campaign

Last action: Laid Over by Committee

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to establishing an office of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression

Last action: Referred to Comm by Council

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing access to data around gender-based violence

Last action: Laid Over by Committee