Mayor Bill de Blasio announcing the appointment of Dr. Oxiris Barbot as commissioner of the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in December 2018 Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office See more of ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - There's intense backlash Wednesday over Mayor Bill de Blasio's stunning decision to switch health commissioners mid-pandemic – and a parting "kick" from the former commissioner ...

Mayor de Blasio talked up his good relationship with Police Commissioner Dermot Shea Wednesday, as he explained his decision to oust Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot. “It’s been a very collegial ...

Mayor Bill de Blasio and his top aides “panicked” at the prospect of speaking frankly to New Yorkers about the coronavirus’ deadly potential during the pandemic’s early days, former city Health ...

Dr. Oxiris Barbot, commissioner of NYC's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, resigned from her post on Tuesday. William Farrington New York City’s health commissioner quit her post in the middle ...

The city’s top cop said Tuesday he has accepted Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot’s apology over her crassly worded rejection of a high-ranking police official’s request for more face masks.

Months ago, reportedly because he had lost faith in Dr. Oxiris Barbot’s Health Department, Mayor de Blasio instead put the head of the city’s public hospital system in charge of overseeing the massive ...

In these extraordinary and scary times, we need our cops. Now more than ever. It should go without saying, but say it I must. The men and women in blue risk their lives and their health every day, ...

New York City's health commissioner, Dr. Oxiris Barbot, submitted her resignation on Tuesday morning, marking a shakeup in one of the most critical city agencies during the pandemic. "It has been an ...

“The City’s doctor” is gone but not forgotten as the image and voice of former NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot remains on broadcast and cable public service ads about COVID-19. New York City ...

Police unions are livid and demanding New York City's Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot resign or be fired after she reportedly gave an emphatic rejection when the NYPD sought more face masks for ...

Five months after New York City’s first confirmed coronavirus case, the head of the city’s health department, who lead efforts to contain the virus that left more than tens of thousands of New Yorkers ...