OMH’s Hogan to Resign
Crain鈥檚 Health Pulse听 October 23, 2012
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Mental Health Commissioner Michael Hogan is resigning “because of a planned transition that will soon be announced,” he said Monday in a posting on the Office of Mental Health website. He wrote that “working in the biggest, best (and most complicated!) state mental health agency in the country has been the pinnacle of a long career. Over the past five years, we have seen continuous challenges and made spectacular advances.”
Mr. Hogan recently said he wouldn’t be commissioner past early November, but that could depend on whether the Cuomo administration concludes negotiations with Mr. Hogan’s rumored successor: Dr. Grant Mitchell, commissioner of the Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health. Mr. Hogan’s final reflections are online听.
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Mental Health Commissioner Says 鈥楪odspeed鈥
By Jessica Bakeman听 Gannett News Service October 22, 2012
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The state Office of Mental Health Commissioner Michael Hogan will be stepping down from his post, the governor鈥檚 office confirmed Monday.
After a cabinet meeting earlier in the day, Hogan suggested to Gannett鈥檚 Albany Bureau that he was leaving, but said an announcement would come from Cuomo鈥檚 administration.
鈥淭hey had a conversation in there about the aging infrastructure, so I鈥檓 sort of part of the aging infrastructure,鈥 Hogan said. 鈥淚鈥檝e had some conversations about that, but if anything like that were to happen, it would be the governor鈥檚 office who would make the announcement.鈥
The governor鈥檚 office later confirmed the news, but said the administration did not ask him to leave.
Hogan offered some parting words in his monthly mental health office newsletter.
鈥淏ecause of a planned transition that will soon be announced, this will likely be my last OMH News message as Commissioner,鈥 he wrote.
He left readers with this: 鈥淚t has been a pleasure and privilege to work with you. OMH will continue to have exemplary leadership in the times ahead, with the strongest team of any state mental health agency. Good luck and godspeed.鈥
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State Mental Health Commissioner Hogan Stepping Down
By Glenn Blain听 黑料正能量 Daily News听 October 22, 2012
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A Cuomo administration spokesman confirmed this afternoon that Mental Health Commissioner Michael Hogan is planning to retire.
Hogan鈥檚 departure seemed imminent after he posted what appeared to be听听on the Office of Mental Health鈥檚 website.
鈥淏ecause of a planned transition that will soon be announced, this will likely be my last OMH News message as Commissioner,鈥 Hogan wrote in the monthly newsletter. 鈥淲orking in the biggest, best (and most complicated!) state mental health agency in the country has been the pinnacle of a long career. Over the past five years, we have seen continuous challenges and made spectacular advances. I would like to reflect on several of these issues and the road that lies ahead.鈥
Hogan was first appointed by ex-Gov.Spitzer and confirmed by the Senate in March of 2007. He had previously served as Ohio鈥檚 director of Mental Health from 1991-2007.
A Cuomo administration source insisted that Hogan was not being forced out.
鈥淭his is not something we asked him to do,鈥 the source said
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