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Senate HELP committee chairman seeks info on NYC Health + Hospital data breach

In Healthcare, Data Breach News
June 09, 2026

Fierce Healthcare reports that a legislator is seeking answers about the recently disclosed breach affecting 1.8 million patients:

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D., R-La., is seeking information from New York City officials about a late 2025 cybersecurity breach at NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest public U.S. health system.

The legislator wants answers from CEO Michael Katz, M.D., on the system’s security protocols, best practices, notified agencies and how it has responded to the incident. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration was also cited in the June 4 letter (PDF).

Cassidy is seeking responses from officials by June 18.

Read more at Fierce Healthcare.