Title: Mount Sinai reaches deal with Trump DOJ to end gender-affirming care for minorsLink To: Article 🔗 [Link: gothamist.com/news/mount-sinai-reaches-deal-with-trump-doj-to-end-gender-affirming-care-for-minors/]Author: Giulia Heyward and Caroline Lewis
Date: Published Sep 4, 2026
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Brief summary of the articleMount Sinai Health System reached an agreement with the Trump administration to end gender-affirming care for minors as part of resolving a federal investigation into the hospital's practices. The article reports that Mount Sinai will also pay a monetary penalty and allocate $2 million for free medical services for patients the DOJ says suffered harmful consequences from care received as children. Advocates and a former Mount Sinai patient criticized the agreement and said it threatens access to gender-affirming care in New York.
Main Points of the Article"Mount Sinai Health System reached a deal with the Trump administration to end gender-affirming care for minors in order to resolve a federal investigation into the hospital's practices, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday."
"According to the announcement, Mount Sinai will also pay a "monetary penalty" and will allocate $2 million to provide free medical services to patients suffering from what the DOJ described as the "harmful consequences" of care they received at Mount Sinai as children."
"Gothamist previously reported that Mount Sinai stopped providing services such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy to trans and gender-non-conforming children earlier this year, but the health system never made a formal announcement."
"We entered into this settlement to protect our patients' privacy and to allow our physicians to remain focused on our mission of serving our patients and communities with the highest-quality, world-class care," Mount Sinai spokesperson Lucia L. Lee said in a statement.
"This settlement underscores a growing threat here in New York. If hospitals and providers stop offering gender-affirming care because they fear federal investigations, funding threats, or political retribution, access disappears," Williams said.
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