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  1. In 1991 Hamburg was appointed Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, where she served for six years, working first for Mayor David Dinkins and then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani. During her tenure, she worked on improved services for women and children, a needle-exchange program to reduce HIV transmission, a program to ...

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  3. May 9, 2022 · BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Dr. Margaret Hamburg, an internationally recognized public health leader, will address graduates at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's convocation this year.

  4. 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. [2 ...

  5. Welcome to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. With an annual budget of $1.6 billion and more than 7,000 employees throughout the five boroughs, we're one of the largest public health agencies in the world.

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    The department was initially set up as the Health Committee (later Commission), a quasi-governmental public health group in response to a yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia in 1793. Governor John Jay made a proclamation on 13 September 1793 to establish this to regulate the ports of the city and ensure proper quarantines. Three days later, the c...

    NYC is organized into 30 health districts (sometimes referred to as health center districts), themselves composed of 354 health areas which are sets of census tracts. NYC is also organized into 17 mental health regions. The departmental hierarchy is: 1. New York City Board of Health 2. Commissioner of Health 2.1. General Counsel 2.2. Chief Medical ...

    Title 24: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (incl. the New York City Health Code) in the New York City Rules from American Legal Publishing
    DOHMH proposed and adopted New York City Rulesfrom the Mayor's Office of Operations
  6. From 1991 to 1997, Dr. Hamburg served as commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

  7. Feb 5, 2015 · Dr. Margaret Hamburg will have served almost six years as FDA commissioner by the time she leaves, far longer than the recent tenure for chiefs of the agency. J. David Ake/AP