Dr. Oxiris Barbot wrote that in her resignation letter that the department « must be better leveraged. »
New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene commissioner resigned on Tuesday. Dr. Oxiris Barbot helped lead the city’s coronavirus response, sitting beside Mayor Bill de Blasio at numerous press conferences over the past several months. In a letter sent to staff on Tuesday, obtained by CBS News, Barbot did not provide a reason for her departure, but wrote that the department « must be better leveraged » as the city prepares for a likely second wave of the pandemic. « Your experience and guidance have been the beacon leading this city through this historic pandemic and that to successfully brace against the inevitable second wave, your talents must be better leveraged alongside that of our sister agencies, » she wrote.
