City Council adopts package of bills on transgender protections, affordable housing, helicopters and infrastructure

New York City — The New York City Council on April 24, 2025, approved a broad package of legislation and resolutions covering transgender protections and services, a Brownsville affordable-housing project, limits on nonessential helicopter flights, water infrastructure planning and several transparency measures.

The council passed a suite of measures aimed at strengthening legal and service protections for transgender, gender-nonconforming, nonbinary and intersex (TGNCBI) New Yorkers — including the Affirm Act — and approved land-use, finance and regulatory items across the agenda. Several bills that had substantive debate were adopted by recorded vote; other resolutions were adopted by voice vote.

Why it matters: The measures address civil-rights protections, city contracting transparency, emergency infrastructure and neighborhood quality-of-life issues that affect large numbers of residents and municipal operations. The votes set formal city policy positions for state and federal partners (through resolutions and home-rule requests) and require agency reporting and program changes that will shape implementation in coming months.

What the Council approved and how members voted

Votes at a glance (selected items discussed or called up on the general-orders calendar): - Intro 1,200-A (part of the Protect Trans Futures/affordance package): Adopted, vote 45 yes, 2 no, 1 abstention (as reported on the floor). - Intro 12‑01-A (the…