Commissioner of Health of the City of New York

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The Commissioner of Health of the City of New York is the head of the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The commissioner is appointed by the Mayor of New York City, and also serves on the city's Board of Health with the chairperson of the Department's Mental Hygiene Advisory Board and nine other members appointed by the mayor.[1][2][3]

History

The Metropolitan Board of Health, which was the predecessor agency to the Department of Health and consisted of sanitary and vital statistics bureaus, had its first meeting on March 5, 1866.[4] The modern Department of Health, under a single commissioner, was formed by the New York City Charter revision pursuant to Chapter 137 of the Laws of 1870 passed by the New York State legislature. In the early years after its formation, commissioners were sometimes political appointments, with no experience in medicine or related fields.[5]In 2002, the Department of Health was merged with the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Alcoholism Services to form the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.[2]

Qualifications

City regulations currently require that the commissioner of health must be a doctor of medicine, and have either

  • an M.P.H. degree, an M.B.A. or M.P.A. degree with concentration in the health field, or an equivalent degree and at least five years' teaching experience college or university public health, or
  • at least five years' experience in public health administration.[6]

Duties

According to the New York City Charter, the commissioner is broadly responsible for preparing plans for construction and operation of medical and health care facilities and establishing their priorities, has the power to compel the testimony of witnesses and produce reports and documents in matters regarding health, and assess penalties up to $1,000 for violations or failures to comply with health notices or regulations.[7] These duties involve regulating and overseeing matters ranging from reportable contagious diseases,[8] to registration of birth and deaths,[9] restaurant inspections,[10] selling food from carts,[11] selling tobacco products to minors and monitoring of smoking in public areas,[12] regulation of wild animals,[13] and sending health alerts to the public and doctors.[14]

List of Commissioners of Health of the City of New York

List of Commissioners of Health of the City of New York
Name Dates in Office Mayoral Administration
Joseph Bosworth[15] April 27, 1870 – May 8, 1873 Abraham Oakey Hall
Charles F. Chandler,[16] Ph.D. May 8, 1873 – June 12, 1883 William F. Havemeyer, Samuel B. H. Vance, William H. Wickham,
Smith Ely, Jr., Edward Cooper, William Russell Grace, Franklin Edson
Alexander Shaler[17][18] June 13, 1883 – March 7, 1887 Franklin Edson, William Russell Grace, Abram S. Hewitt
vacant[19] March 7, 1887 – March 14, 1887 Abram S. Hewitt
James C. Bayles[20] March 14, 1887 – May 1889 Abram S. Hewitt, Hugh J. Grant
Charles G. Wilson[5][21] May 1889 – January 1, 1898 Hugh J. Grant, Thomas F. Gilroy, William L. Strong
Nathan Straus[22][23] January 1, 1898 – March 3, 1898 Robert Van Wyck
Michael Cotter Murphy[24][25] March 3, 1898 – February 22, 1901 Robert Van Wyck
John B. Sexton[26][27] February 22, 1901 – January 1, 1902 Robert Van Wyck
Ernst J. Lederle,[28][29] Ph.D. January 1, 1902 – January 1, 1904 Seth Low
Thomas Darlington,[30][31] M.D. January 1, 1904 – January 9, 1910 George B. McClellan, Jr.
Ernst J. Lederle,[32][29] Ph.D. January 9, 1910 – January 19, 1914 William J. Gaynor, Ardolph L. Kline
Sigismund Schulz Goldwater,[33][34] M.D. January 19, 1914 – November 1, 1915 John P. Mitchel
Haven G. Emerson,[35] M.D. November 1, 1915 – January 15, 1918 John P. Mitchel
J. Lewis Amster,[36][37] M.D. January 15, 1918 – April 29, 1918 John F. Hylan
Royal S. Copeland,[38][39] M.D. April 29, 1918 – March 7, 1923 John F. Hylan
Frank J. Monaghan,[40] M.D. March 7, 1923 – January 1, 1926 John F. Hylan
Louis I. Harris,[41][42] M.D. January 1, 1926 – August 1, 1928 Jimmy Walker
Shirley W. Wynne,[43][44][45] M.D. August 1, 1928 – August 17, 1928 (acting)
August 17, 1928 – January 1, 1934		 Jimmy Walker, Joseph V. McKee, John P. O'Brien
John L. Rice,[46] M.D. January 1, 1934 – July 16, 1942 Fiorello H. La Guardia
Ernest Lyman Stebbins,[47][48] M.D. July 16, 1942 – March 4, 1946 Fiorello H. La Guardia, William O'Dwyer
Edward M. Bernecker,[49][50] M.D. March 4, 1946 – March 13, 1946 William O'Dwyer
Israel Weinstein,[51][52] M.D. March 13, 1946 – November 3, 1947 William O'Dwyer
Harry Stoll Mustard,[53][54] M.D. November 3, 1947 – January 1, 1950 William O'Dwyer
John Friend Mahoney,[55][56] M.D. January 1, 1950 – January 1, 1954 William O'Dwyer, Vincent R. Impellitteri
Leona Baumgartner,[57][58][59] M.D. January 1, 1954 – October 2, 1962
(resigned to become assistant administrator for
human resources and social development at the
Agency for International Development		 Robert F. Wagner, Jr.
George James,[60][61][62] M.D., M.P.H. October 2, 1962 – October 30, 1962 (acting)
October 30, 1962 – October 1965		 Robert F. Wagner, Jr.
John R. Philp,[63] M.D. October 1965 – January 14, 1966 (acting) Robert F. Wagner, Jr., John V. Lindsay
Arthur Bushel,[64] D.D.S., M.P.H. January 14, 1966 – June 1, 1966 (acting) John V. Lindsay
Howard Junior Brown,[65][66] M.D. June 1, 1966 – December 15, 1966 John V. Lindsay
Edward O'Rourke,[67][68] M.D. December 15, 1966 – May 28, 1969 John V. Lindsay
Mary C. McLaughlin,[69] M.D., M.P.H. May 28, 1969 – January 17, 1972 John V. Lindsay
Joseph Anthony Cimino,[70][71] M.D., M.P.H. January 17, 1972 – January 7, 1974 John V. Lindsay
Lowell E. Bellin,[72][73] M.D., M.P.H. January 7, 1974 – January 3, 1977 Abraham D. Beame
Pascal James Imperato,[74] M.D., M.P.H, T.M. January 3, 1977 – March 31, 1978 Abraham D. Beame
Reinaldo Antonio Ferrer,[75][76] M.D., M.P.H. March 31, 1978 – November 28, 1981 Edward I. Koch
David Judson Sencer,[77][78] M.D., M.P.H. November 28, 1981 – March 11, 1986 Edward I. Koch
Stephen C. Joseph,[79] M.D., M.P.H. March 11, 1986 – January 19, 1990 Edward I. Koch
Woodrow A. Myers, Jr.,[80][81] M.D., M.B.A. January 19, 1990 – June 11, 1991 David N. Dinkins
Margaret Ann Hamburg,[82][83] M.D. June 11, 1991 – December 24, 1991 (acting)
December 24, 1991 – April 15, 1997		 David Dinkins, Rudolph W. Giuliani
Benjamin Mojica,[84][85][86] M.D. April 15, 1997 – January 14, 1998 (acting) Rudolph W. Giuliani
Neal L. Cohen,[87] M.D. January 14, 1998 – end of January, 2002 Rudolph W. Giuliani
Thomas R. Frieden,[88] M.D., M.P.H. end of January, 2002 – May 15, 2009 Michael R. Bloomberg
Thomas A. Farley,[89] M.D., M.P.H. May 18, 2009 – January 16, 2014 Michael R. Bloomberg
Mary Travis Bassett,[90][91] M.D., M.P.H. January 16, 2014 – present Bill de Blasio

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