Defend NYU Langone and Trans Youth From Federal Intimidation

The federal government just issued a criminal grand jury subpoena to NYU Langone Health demanding the records of every minor who received gender-affirming care there between 2020 and 2026 — care that is completely legal under New York law. This isn't law enforcement. It's a coordinated intimidation campaign targeting doctors and patients for practicing and receiving lawful medicine. You need to act. New York's Shield Law exists precisely for moments like this. Harvard Law instructor Alejandra Caraballo called this subpoena "a blatant unlawful effort by the DOJ to intimidate providers of gender affirming care" — and she's right. The DOJ deliberately filed in the Northern District of Texas, thousands of miles from where any of this care occurred, to stack the deck against New York providers. That's forum shopping, plain and simple. These are children's medical records being weaponized in a culture war. Attorney General James has already condemned hospitals that caved to federal pressure as discriminating against transgender New Yorkers. Now the state needs to go further. Push for New York to intervene aggressively in any legal challenge NYU Langone brings, strengthen enforcement of the Shield Law, and make clear that providers in this state will not be abandoned to face federal prosecution alone for doing their jobs.