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mountaineer:
De Blasio and ‘co-mayor’ wife have wasted $1.8B of taxpayer money
By Bob McManus
February 28, 2019 | 8:06pm
--- Quote ---Who’s got a billion to burn?

Well, Bill de Blasio for sure.  But also mayoral spouse Chirlane McCray, who has just been revealed as a world-class boondoggler in her own right.  ...

McCray is the proprietress of ThriveNYC, a mental-health-related something-or-other created four-plus years ago to give a little heft to the conceit that Bill and Chirlane were elected as co-mayors — which is nonsense on stilts.  ...

So, ipso presto, co-Mayor Bill coughed up enough cash to break a pack mule’s back and sent it off to co-Mayor Chirlane — who then went forth to cure Gotham’s mental-illness problems.

Fast-forward to Wednesday, when the City Council was startled to discover that McCray and Team Thrive are closing in on having spent an eye-popping $900 million since the program’s inception — and nobody seems to have a clue on what.

That is, nobody appears to have kept receipts; the subways and street corners are still overrun with crazy people, and nobody in charge knows what’s to happen next. ...

Right up there with co-Mayor Bill, who started the week on his own sour note — announcing that his signature Renewal school program was closing up shop after pounding $773 million down a rathole. ...
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Full story at NY Post


We need more money, Chirlane.

Smokin Joe:
Just build a fence around it. That'll take care of NYC's 'crazy problem'. They'll be more or less contained.

Now, I know no fence is 100% effective, but it's sure to cut down on it. ...

sneakypete:

--- Quote from: mountaineer on March 01, 2019, 12:09:04 pm ---De Blasio and ‘co-mayor’ wife have wasted $1.8B of taxpayer money
By Bob McManus
February 28, 2019 | 8:06pm Full story at NY Post


We need more money, Chirlane.

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@mountaineer

Good thing these people don't live and rule in America,or I would be upset.

mountaineer:
Stop the presses! Journalists actually doing some journalism!
--- Quote ---Chirlane McCray grilled over ‘Thrive’ initiative
By Julia Marsh
March 6, 2019 | 1:34pm

First Lady Chirlane McCray seemingly got blindsided on live TV Wednesday while promoting a plan to honor five women with new statues in each borough, when the hosts of “Good Day New York” flipped the script and began grilling her about her costly mental-health initiative.

Mayor de Blasio’s wife was caught off-guard as Fox 5’s Rosanna Scotto suddenly shifted the subject by noting recent reports about the four-year, $1 billion budget for her “ThriveNYC” program.

“We are still seeing a lot of homeless on the street. And apparently not a lot of bookkeeping from your office,” Scotto said.

“Well, that’s not true. That is absolutely not true. We have so many measures in place. And, um, you know, so many things,” McCray stammered.

Co-host Lori Stokes then demanded to know what’s been accomplished by “ThriveNYC” — which is set to receive $250 million a year going forward — and whether all the taxpayer cash “has actually been well spent.”

McCray quickly turned defensive, saying, “Well, first of all, we haven’t spent $850 million. We’ve only spent, by the end of June, we’ll have spent $560 million.” ...
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New York Post

sneakypete:

--- Quote from: mountaineer on March 01, 2019, 12:09:04 pm ---

--- Quote ---Who’s got a billion to burn?

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De mayur do.
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