Overview
- Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced he would keep Dr. Mitchell Katz in charge of NYC Health + Hospitals, and the system’s board has approved the reappointment.
- Mamdani also plans to retain Dr. Jason K. Graham as chief medical examiner, along with Michael Garner as chief business diversity officer and Mir Bashar as chief administrative officer.
- Katz has led the nation’s largest municipal health system since 2017/2018, overseeing more than 40,000 employees across 11 hospitals, five skilled nursing facilities, community clinics, home care and MetroPlusHealth.
- Under Katz, NYC Health + Hospitals expanded NYC Care to more than 100,000 members, implemented a modern electronic health record and launched housing initiatives addressing homelessness.
- Reporting notes an advancing partnership that would bring Maimonides Health’s three hospitals into the public system and shift them to Epic, reflecting deeper operational integration under retained leadership.