Meet the City's Health Commish

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 5, 2014

After her first few months on the job, Dr. Mary Bassett, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, discusses the health department's priorities, including reducing health disparities, reducing restaurant fines and attacking so-called "rat reservoirs" in neighborhoods with chronic rat problems.

 

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