'We needed to prepare New Yorkers, emotionally, for what was coming.'

Oxiris Barbot shares the moment she realised what the pandemic would mean for New York.

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Oxiris Barbot was New York Health Commissioner at the time. A month later, everything was locked down from sea to shinning sea

How far we've come

Psst - medical experts were NEVER on board. Take a look at Mulgrew's statement on Jan 13. And Oxiris Barbot left DOHMH over the summer because of the two case rule.

El verde en nombre de todas las mujeres que proclamamos nuestro derecho a decidir. New York en solidaridad con las tres cáusales. 2024 es un año decisivo políticamente. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Nicole Pichardo 🇩🇴♥️ Altagracia Salazar Edith Febles Carmen De La Rosa Oxiris Barbot

“I’m a big girl,” Oxiris Barbot said last time I spoke to her in May, after Sergeants Benevolent Association had called her ‘b*tch.’ She was concerned, though, about WOC considering leadership positions in government. In his release announcing her replacement today, Mayor Eric Adams didn’t even mention her name.

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In Feb 2020 Oxiris Barbot, then Commissioner of nychealthy wrote to public school families about the 'novel coronavirus' - note the part about masks:
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Ed Mullins, former @SBANYPD head who resigned after feds raided his home & office this month, just left police headquarters following a disciplinary trial into his past tweets, in which he called Ritchie Torres a “first class whore” and Oxiris Barbot a “bitch”

Vaccination at NYC Dept of Health! Feeling so grateful to all the scientists and clinicians and especially Public Health leaders like my commish and colleague Oxiris Barbot who have faced enormous opposition and attacks doing the right thing to protect the public.

Lots of firsts for Oxiris Barbot: my first deputy commissioner before I left, nychealthy’s first Latina commissioner, the first woman to succeed a woman health commissioner, and the agency’s 5th woman commissioner in 200+ years. I’ve always admired her grit and courage. Sad day.

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During today's #LCASummit , Oxiris Barbot, Senior Fellow for Public Health and Social Justice at The JPB Foundation, discussed the importance of #equity in #publichealth law.

@TaniaHopkins3 Maureen De Oxiris Barbot Commissioner Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD Joe Lentol Dear God, obviously someone’s lost pet. I wonder if Cocoa was a nurse’s dog, like poor lost Terry, still in a harness, who the ACC killed last month before his desperate, overworked, healthcare professional owner could find him.

Our series line-up on #racism & #publichealth Please join us for these conversations Rutgers SPH @RutgersBHS Rutgers University Diversity UNC Public Health City of Newark CityOfPatersonNJ Oxiris Barbot Brenda Flanagan Meg Baker

It was so great to hear from Oxiris Barbot and Jessica González-Rojas on a reproductive justice panel at the Latina Leaders Summit!

.Oxiris Barbot is a great public servant. She was a pleasure to work with and I always admired her integrity and relentless drive to do good and advance equity. Thank you for helping our City navigate this crisis.

Congratulations to the NYAM Fellows recognized by City & State as part of their 2023 Health Care Power 100. bit.ly/3XznUnc David Sandman New York Health Foundation Oxiris Barbot United Hospital Fund Stephen Ferrara, NP, FAAN (he/him/his) Columbia Nursing AANP

COVID19 pandemic has impacted Latinos disproportionately. Join AFT pres. Randi Weingarten Randi Weingarten 🇺🇦🇺🇸💪🏿👩‍🎓🟣 Congressman Chuy García David Hayes-Bautista Oxiris Barbot Marco A. Davis for CHCI Health Summit addressing #RacialJustice & the State of Latino Health & What Lies Ahead bit.ly/2IttNkA

I was one of over 450 healthcare and public health professionals, including former NYC Health Cmmrs Dr. Mary T. Bassett Oxiris Barbot, + orgs like NYSNA Doctors Council SEIU NY Doctors 🍎, to sign onto a letter demanding Mayor Eric Adams #StopTheTransfers to congregate shelters as Delta surges. (1/)