NY state health commissioner resigning to return to Harvard
New York’s state health commissioner will resign Jan. 1 after 13 months in the job to return to Harvard University’s T
By AP News
Published - Dec 03, 2022, 01:51 PM ET
Last Updated - Jun 23, 2023, 08:37 AM EDT
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's state health commissioner will resign Jan. 1 after 13 months in the job to return to Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Mary Bassett said in a statement Friday that she was “leaving now so the next commissioner can have the chance to lead this great department for a full 4-year term under the leadership of Gov. Hochul.”
“This was a very difficult decision,” Bassett said.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, won her first full term in the November election, after having taken the office in 2021 following the resignation of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
