Hatch graduated from
Columbia College in 1992, and received his MPA from
Harvard Kennedy School and JD from
Fordham University School of Law. He practiced law at
Schulte Roth & Zabel in between his stints in public service. He befriended future mayor
Bill de Blasio during Senator
John Edwards' 2004 presidential campaign, while Hatch was the deputy state director for New York, and de Blasio co-chair of the New York campaign. Hatch then worked for de Blasio as his chief of staff when he was a councilman. He served as chief of staff to
John Edwards' 2008 presidential campaign before being hired by Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand as state director for
New York in 2010. In 2014, he joined the de Blasio administration as a senior advisor to the First Deputy Mayor
Anthony Shorris. From 2016 to 2020, he served as chief of staff to the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services and concurrently in 2019, a senior advisor to the mayor on homelessness issues. Hatch was named by
Bill de Blasio to serve as commissioner of the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection in September 2021. Hatch currently serves as Deputy Secretary for Human Services and Mental Hygiene for New York State Governor
Kathy Hochul. == Personal life and family ==