Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani tapped a number of authorities veterans for key roles in his administration Monday, together with Dr. Mitch Katz, who will stay CEO of New York Metropolis’s public hospital system.
Katz was first picked because the Well being + Hospitals system’s high government in 2017 by then-Mayor Invoice de Blasio. Outgoing Mayor Eric Adams then retained Katz for the publish upon his inauguration in 2022.
In a press launch Monday morning, Mamdani stated he’s additionally retaining Katz, citing his work on quite a few points, together with spearheading H + H’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Dr. Katz led the financial turnaround of NYC H+H, expanded access to more New Yorkers, and steered the nation’s largest municipal health system through COVID-19,” Mamdani stated.
As well as, Mamdani stated he’s retaining Dr. Jason Graham as town’s health worker, Michael Garner as Metropolis Corridor’s chief enterprise range officer and Mir Bashar because the chief administrative officer within the mayor’s workplace.
Graham is one other longtime authorities hand who first began serving as town’s health worker on an performing foundation in 2013. Bashar has been in Metropolis Corridor posts because the de Blasio administration, too.
Garner, in contrast, first entered municipal authorities service beneath Adams, who appointed him as Metropolis Corridor’s chief enterprise range officer in 2023. Garner is seen as near Adams, having labored with him on range efforts because the outgoing mayor’s days within the NYPD.
“These reappointments reflect my commitment to steady, experienced leadership that delivers real results for New Yorkers,” Mamdani stated of his newest appointments.
Mamdani, who’s being sworn in as town’s subsequent mayor Thursday, had but to make quite a few different high appointments as of late Monday, together with asserting a decide for faculties chancellor.
