NYC health commissioner will step down by early next year

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Monday September 23, 2024 [Donate now]( [NYC health commissioner will step down by early next year]( [Officials say city Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan is stepping down.]( [The announcement comes as Mayor Eric Adams’ administration faces multiple federal investigations.]( More Stories From Today [MTA fare enforcement officers standing in front of bus with serious looks on their faces.]( [MTA reports slight decrease in fare evasion on buses after launching crackdown]( [The MTA says its latest enforcement blitz on bus fare evaders is showing early, though modest, signs of success.]( [NYPD vehicles]( [More 911 mental health calls are going to an NYPD alternative, but police still handle most]( [A new program doubled the number of cases where social workers and emergency medical technicians were dispatched instead of police last fiscal year.]( [People attend the funeral of transgender community activist Cecilia Gentili at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Feb. 15, 2024 in New York City.]( [2 men plead guilty in drug overdose death of NY trans and sex worker rights advocate]( [The court plea comes months after Cecilia Gentili, who helped launch efforts to decriminalize sex work in New York, was found dead in her Brooklyn bedroom in February.]( [Still video image of Rikers Island detainee Elijah Muhammad, taken on July 10, 2022, hours before he was pronounced dead from what the city medical examiner's office said was "acute fentanyl intoxication."]( [Former Rikers correction officer won’t face charges in detainee’s 2022 death]( [An investigation found the since-ousted guard had observed the distressed detainee over several hours but failed to render aid or get help.]( [Photo of a tent on NYC street]( [Adams made homeless sweeps a priority. Tracking their outcomes? Not so much.]( [City Hall is four months late in filing a required report on the mayor's homeless encampment removals.]( [A portion of the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway, with a bicyclist riding along the path.]( [Part of Manhattan Waterfront Greenway closes to bicyclists, pedestrians until 2025]( [The path is closed from 100th to 125th Streets — a section known as the Cherry Walk]( [an NYPD officer with a cup of Dunkin coffee]( [Extra Extra: The NYPD is looking forward to 'new opportunities and fresh starts' this fall]( [Because I'm looking forward to wearing more corduroy, here are your afternoon links: Down at the spring factory with the Hawk Tuah girl, New Jersey's favorite new fast-casual burrito chain, the Pope got the flu and more.]( [Newly installed metal drain pipes are fastened to a residential building's basement wall in Brooklyn, August 17, 2017.]( [1 in 5 New Yorkers may be drinking water from lead pipes, new report says]( [A new report by the New York City Coalition to End Lead Poisoning calls on city officials to replace the contaminated service lines before a crisis happens.]( [Support Us]( Follow Gothamist on [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]( [Gothamist]( [WNYC Studios]( [NJPR]( [WQXR]( [New Sounds]( Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.