NYU Langone to End Transgender Care for Minors, Pay $8.5 Million in DOJ Settlement
The hospital network reached an agreement with the Trump administration to resolve an investigation into its treatment of transgender youth.
NYU Langone has agreed to cease providing medical care for transgender minors and pay $8.5 million to the U.S. Department of Justice as part of a settlement. The agreement resolves a DOJ investigation into the hospital network's practices.
US Attorney General Todd Blanche stated that the Department of Justice is committed to protecting children and working with hospitals to end what he described as "so-called 'gender affirming care' for minors." The settlement spares NYU Langone from handing over sensitive medical records of minors who received gender-affirming care, which had been subpoenaed as part of a nationwide DOJ probe that began in 2025.
A spokesperson for NYU Langone, Steve Ritea, emphasized that the hospital network did not admit any wrongdoing or liability in the agreement. Ritea stated that the resolution was in the best interests of patients, families, providers, and the institution, helping to avoid prolonged litigation.
NYU Langone is the latest in a series of prominent hospital systems to reach similar agreements with the federal government. The Mount Sinai Health System recently entered into a comparable settlement. Other institutions, including the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Texas Children’s Hospital, the Cleveland Clinic, and Connecticut Children’s Hospital, have also previously agreed to end care for minors and pay settlements.
US Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate commented on the agreements, expressing appreciation that major hospital systems are ceasing practices they believe harm minors and are paying for potential violations of federal law.
However, the decision has drawn criticism from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani described the settlement as an alarming instance of a private institution yielding to federal pressure, with significant consequences for young transgender and gender nonconforming New Yorkers. He contended that the settlement politicizes private medical decisions, vilifies essential care, and undermines professional medical judgment.
The New York attorney general's office has stated that it is currently reviewing the settlement.