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PROMOTIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & APPOINTMENTS treated more than 200,000 COVID“My grandmother and parents came to New St. Mary’s honored for 19Northwell patients across the health system over a York City in the 1960’s from the Dominican 15-month span, nearly 20 percent of all cases Republic seeking a better quality care in the state. life for their family,” said St. Mary’s Hospital for Children has been recognized as a 2021 recipient of the Bronze– Commitment to Quality Award by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL). The program, presented by the leading association in long term and post-acute care, honors association members across the country that have demonstrated their commitment to improving quality of care for seniors and people with disabilities. “Our kids face tremendous obstacles, but their unparalleled determination inspires all of us each day,” said Dr. Edwin Simpser, president and CEO of St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children. “This award recognizes the hard work of our incredible team.” Created by AHCA/NCAL in 1996, the National Quality Award Program is a rigorous three-level process that is reviewed and judged by trained experts against a set of nationally recognized standards. Providers begin the quality improvement process at the Bronze level. “I applaud the resiliency of, St. Mary’s Hospital for Children for taking this important step towards sustainable quality improvement while heroically protecting and caring for residents during one of the most challenging years in recent history,” said Tammy Kelly of the AHCA/NCA.
Dowling named Top CEO by Glassdoor Northwell Health president and CEO Michael Dowling was named to the Top CEOs 2021 list by the job recruiting site Glassdoor, which compiled voluntary employee feedback from thousands of companies to rank America’s 100 best leaders. Dowling earned a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award with a 96 percent employee approval rating, which placed him 22nd among large company CEOs in the United States. Dowling ranked second among the nation’s top health care/hospital CEOs, and he was first among all New York CEOs. “I am dedicating this to our 76,000 employees, frontline staff who worked selflessly to care for the huge influx of COVID patients in our facilities during the first and second surge of the coronavirus pandemic, and all employees behind-the-scenes supporting our efforts during the public health crisis,” said Dowling. “Strong leadership and teamwork is a reflection of the entire organization.”
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Dowling joined Northwell in 1995 as executive vice president and chief operating officer after 12 years in New York State government overseeing health and human services for former governor Mario Cuomo. In 2002, he was named president and CEO of Northwell, which has since grown to become a clinical, academic and research enterprise that includes 23 hospitals, more than 830 outpatient facilities, medical and nursing DOWLING schools, a nationally recognized research institute, the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and more than 76,000 employees – the state’s largest private-sector workforce. “Over the past year, company leaders around the world faced unprecedented challenges to support employees during the COVID-19 crisis,” said Glassdoor CEO Christian SutherlandWong. “Through a challenging year, it’s inspiring to see Top CEOs who, according to their employees, adapted to change, redefined visions and led with transparency while putting the health and safety of employees first.” When employees submit reviews about their employer on Glassdoor, they are asked to rate various about their employment experience, including their overall satisfaction and other workplace attributes like senior management. As part of these rating, employees are also asked to rate whether they approve, disapprove or are neutral about their CEO’s performance. The average CEO approval rating is 73 percent among the approximately 1.5 million employers reviewed on Glassdoor.
Batista tapped to head Immigrant Affairs Queens College graduate Raquel Batista has been appointed commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA). Batista, who is succeeding Bitta Mostofi, is an attorney with over two decades of experience advocating on behalf of immigrant New Yorkers. As commissioner, she will continue to center immigrants in New York City’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Batista. “My appointment is a testament to them and all immigrant communities that their hard work and struggle pays off. Batista is a lifelong New Yorker. Most recently, she BATISTA served as the Community Legal Fellow at CUNY Law School-CLRN. Batista previously served as an adjunct professor at Manhattan College teaching Immigration Law, Policy and Politics and at the Latin American and Puerto Rican Studies Department at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Before and during law school, Batista worked in various roles at the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (now LatinoJustice/PRLDEF) on issues from the Census to Redistricting. In 2014, she served in the Mayor’s Office of Appointments, helping to identify diverse candidates for City positions. Batista earned her Juris Doctorate from the City University of New York School of Law at Queens College and her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, cum laude, from Manhattan College. “New York is, and will always be, a city of immigrants,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio. “Raquel has the lived experience and passion necessary to make this city a fairer and more equitable place for immigrant New Yorkers to call home.” Queens Chamber of Commerce 75-20 Astoria Boulevard, Suite 140 Jackson Heights, N.Y. 11370-1131 Entire Contents Copyright 2021 by Queensborough. All letters sent to the QUEENSBOROUGH should be brief and are subject to condensation. Writers should include a full address and home and office telephone numbers, where available, as well as affiliation, indicating special interest. Anonymous letters are not printed. Name withheld on request. No such ad or any part thereof may be reproduced without prior permission of the QUEENSBOROUGH. The publishers will not be responsible for any error in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Errors must be reported to the QUEENSBOROUGH within five days of publication. Ad position cannot be guaranteed unless paid prior to publication. BQE Media assumes no liability for the content or reply to any ads. The advertiser assumes all liability for the content of and all replies. The advertiser agrees to hold the QUEENSBOROUGH and its employees harmless from all cost, expenses, liabilities, and damages resulting from or caused by the publication or recording placed by the advertiser or any reply to any such advertisement.
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