NYC Health + Hospitals Receives $10.7 Million to Support Abortion Access Over Three Years
Funds support hiring abortion care providers, updated equipment, access to abortion doulas, and financial support for patients
Aug 19, 2025
NYC Health + Hospitals today announced it received $10.7 million from the New York State Abortion Access Program grant to support abortion care at its 11 hospitals over the next three years. The funds support hiring abortion care providers and navigators, purchasing new equipment and supplies, access to abortion doulas, and financial support for patients. In 2024, NYC Health + Hospitals provided over 6,000 abortions. NYC Health + Hospitals offers a full spectrum of medication and procedural abortion services at its hospital-based clinics. Patients wishing to make an in-person appointment can call 1-844-NYC-4NYC.
In addition, the health system offers telehealth abortion care through the health system’s Virtual ExpressCare service. The service allows patients in NY seeking abortion care to speak to a New York State-licensed health care professional on demand by video or phone for an assessment, counseling and access to medication if eligible.
“I am thrilled that Governor Hochul and other state-level leadership has chosen to continue to put resources toward this essential healthcare service,” said NYC Health + Hospitals System Director of Complex Family Planning Marisa Nadas, MD, MPH. “Abortion care is vital to New Yorkers having agency over their lives and reaching their full potential. When people have control over their futures, we all benefit.”
The telehealth service is available 7 days a week, 9am – 9pm, and will provide patients with access to safe and legal abortion care. The NYC Health + Hospitals Virtual ExpressCare service is available in over 200 languages and can be accessed at expresscare.nyc or by calling 1-718-360-8981. A flyer about the program is available in 13 languages: English, Spanish, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, French, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Urdu.
NYC Health + Hospitals offers a wide range of facility-based obstetric and gynecologic services, including primary care, family planning, abortion care, prenatal through delivery care, midwifery and referrals for doula services, postpartum care, breastfeeding and lactation services, breast exams, nutrition, behavioral health referrals, preventative care, and vaccinations. Gynecology services include menopause and fibroid treatments, as well as specialty practices for gynecologic cancers, pelvic pain and endometriosis.
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NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest municipal health care system in the nation serving more than a million New Yorkers annually in more than 70 patient care locations across the city’s five boroughs. A robust network of outpatient, neighborhood-based primary and specialty care centers anchors care coordination with the system’s trauma centers, nursing homes, post-acute care centers, home care agency, and MetroPlus health plan—all supported by 11 essential hospitals. Its diverse workforce of more than 43,000 employees is uniquely focused on empowering New Yorkers, without exception, to live the healthiest life possible. For more information, visit www.nychealthandhospitals.org and stay connected on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
