New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order establishing the first-ever Mayor's Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs, fulfilling a campaign promise.
From securing housing to employment, the office vows to level the playing field for the community. The creation of the office comes at a time where federal rollbacks are targeting the trans community.
Mamdani installed Taylor Brown, an attorney in the Civil Rights Bureau for the New York State Attorney General, as the office's new director. Her appointment, announced at the Brooklyn Community Pride Center, is historic in itself.
With Brown's leadership, the office will oversee and implement LGBTQIA+ initiatives across city agencies that range from legal resources for sanctuary protections to ensuring agencies do not engage in discrimination based on gender, gender identity or sexual orientation.
"I am frankly looking forward to working with our new director on seeing the many which ways that our city could stand up for queer and trans New Yorkers," Mamdani said.
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