MR Mister Loc: Washington DC

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's wife, Chirlane McCray, was given $900 million to start a mental health initiative focusing on helping the homeless in the city. Four years later, no one seems to know what that money was actually used for, according to the New York Post.

The City Council discovered this shocking amount of potential waste during a meeting Wednesday. And while it sounds good to spend heavily on a mental health initiative, it appears that nobody has noticed any real benefits from that investment.

"I like the fact that money is going toward mental health, but when they say we're seeing a benefit in all areas, I take exception to that, because I don't see it everywhere," Queens Councilman Robert Holden told The Post. "I'm not sure anybody does."

The Thrive program, which had its budget raised to $250 million per year in 2019, has produced some underwhelming numbers in terms of how many people it impacts.

Seven mayors attended a 2017 national mental health conference in New York City. Only 570 of the estimated 12-15,000 mothers who experience postpartum depression have been reached by the program, Politico reported, a number NYC disputes.

Of the 78,000 newborn deliveries in the city annually, only 28,560 new mothers have been screened by the Thrive program.

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.

Tax and spend, the Democrats moto. Or how to bankrupt a city/country.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/nyc-mayor-de-blasios-wife-spent-900-billion-in-taxpayer-money-with-no-record-of-how-it-was-used

Cuda2020

While you're looking into De Blasio's wife and that money, can you tell us what Trump has done with all our money and the constant climbing deficit?

Each time we've gone bankrupt, it's been through the Republican's as we're on our way once again.

Lonewolf

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

As usual you didn't respond to the actual thread. I suppose you are a fan of Mayor Bill. Give it a rest. The Fed has been printing money like a drunken sailor for ever. You just whined on another thread about how much of that money ended up in the military complex. The rest goes to entitlements. You know where the money goes. If you only had a clue how this works. Have you ever looked at the economies of the industrialized countries of the rest of the world recently?

MR Mister Loc: Washington DC

Well, in fact, I can tell you, he has put up a BIG wall to keep out the dirt from the south, he has built up the military that your black fool tour down for 8 years, he is fixing out space program so we don't have to pay Russia 25 million $ to send our people to our space station each time. How am I doing? fool

TrueAmerican

Yeah if you're talking about PRESIDENT Trump he's trying to clean up the ex-president Obama's and ex president Bush's mess, and by the way until you move out of the USA (that's if you are an American citizen) he is your PRESIDENT as well, so please show the appropriate respect to the office !!!!!!

BigBadBob Loc: Florida Panhandle

As usual, Barracuda has the medias' hook in his mouth.

Big Kahuna

You know black women. Chirlane spent that money on designer purses, designer shoes, hair salons, nail salons, hair extensions, hair weaves, massages, finger nail polish, tickets to Wives of New York , and soul food.

Big Kahuna

That wasn't your money $$$$. Remember, you don't work!!!

MR Mister Loc: Washington DC

Just to help your ignorance America has never gone bankrupt.

Big Kahuna

Barracuda is so ignorant that he thinks Taco Bell is a Mexican telephone company.

woodguru

Cut taxes and spend way more, the republican MO

Reagan did it, Bush did it, and now Trump...
...all blew their deficits up

Big Kahuna

Raise taxes, impoverish more people, and spend more than tax revenue. The demorat MO.

MR Mister Loc: Washington DC

O' you forgot Obama, he spend 9 billion in 8 years, a record.

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

Trillion.