Dr. Helen Arteaga-Landaverde is the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services in NYC, appointed by Mayor Mamdani in January 2026. As Deputy Mayor for HHS, she oversees thirteen agencies and offices across the health, social services, children’s services and related areas.

Prior to this appointment, Dr. Arteaga served as CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, a Level I Trauma Center and the second oldest public hospital in New York City. She was the first woman and the first Latina to helm the hospital’s executive team. Under Helen’s leadership, Elmhurst has been recognized as one of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Regional Hospitals” and as one of the nation’s “High Performing” hospitals, as well as a “Top Place to Work” by City and State NY. Over her five years as CO of Elmhurst, Helen secured millions in public funding for key capital projects for the facility, including $27.5 Million from New York State for a new Women’s Pavilion and a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, along with other federal, state, and New York City funds totaling close to $140 million for major improvement initiatives.

She has a bachelor’s degree from New York University, a Master of Public Health from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. from the City University of New York. In 2025, she was named as one of City and State’s Queens Power 100. She has also been noted as one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s “Women Hospital Presidents and CEOs to Know” for both 2024 and 2025.

Helen is a recipient of the prestigious Joan H. Tisch Community Health Prize from the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund for her distinguished accomplishments in the field of urban public health, the Mujeres Destacadas award from El Diario NY, the City University of New York’s “50 Under 50” alumni award, and a notable alumni award from CUNY’s School of Public Health.