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Puberty blockers will soon be paid for via Medicaid in NYS. The state already pays for gender reassignment and other adult trans services via that program.
There are 20 million people living in New York state...not sure what being from the same state as the president-elect has to do with anything.
The article clearly stated a few times that the parents were involved.
I'm guessing the person in the article was born a hermaphrodite?...and that the parents decided at birth to assign him male status. It says he was having menstrual problems, so I would assume female sex organs. If this is the case, I would support use of the medication to give the person time to sort things out. I can't imagine having to deal with that. It was confusing just reading the article.
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