#De Blasio rebrands ThriveNYC again amid crime spike

#De Blasio rebrands ThriveNYC again amid crime spike

“#De Blasio rebrands ThriveNYC again amid crime spike” Mayor de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray rolled out the third iteration of her much-maligned mental health plan ThriveNYC Wednesday — while downplaying the horrific attack of a man in a lower Manhattan ATM by a hatchet-wielding maniac. “We do have some really serious issues to…

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#The Bill de Blasio-Corey Johnson ‘vanity budget’

#The Bill de Blasio-Corey Johnson ‘vanity budget’

“#The Bill de Blasio-Corey Johnson ‘vanity budget’” Call it $98.7 billion in proof that lame ducks only care about themselves, as Mayor Bill de Blasio and Speaker Corey Johnson finalized a record city budget that serves their needs at New York’s long-term expense. The so-called “Recovery Budget” will leave a mind-boggling $12 billion gap through…

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#Budget deal adds 5M in spending by former ThriveNYC

#Budget deal adds $115M in spending by former ThriveNYC

“#Budget deal adds $115M in spending by former ThriveNYC” The city budget deal struck Wednesday includes $115 million in added spending by the new city agency that grew out of first lady Chirlane McCray’s controversial, $1.25 billion mental-health initiative. The boost gives the Office of Community Mental Health — which Mayor Bill de Blasio created…

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#Street menaces are Mayor Bill de Blasio’s parting gift

#Street menaces are Mayor Bill de Blasio’s parting gift

“#Street menaces are Mayor Bill de Blasio’s parting gift” Some classic New York traditions are best left in the past. Any Gothamite of a certain age well remembers the bad old days of aggressive squeegee men demanding payment for unwanted services, or aggrieved panhandlers following and threatening subway commuters. As Bill de Blasio wraps up…

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#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 7, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 7, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 7, 2021” Mitten ‘privilege’To no surprise, a San Francisco public-school teacher, Ingrid Seyer-Ochi, has written an opinion piece alleging that the “mittens” and “puffy” jacket Sen. Bernie Sanders chose to wear for the inauguration is a sign of his “white privilege” (“San Francisco teacher writes in op-ed: Bernie Sanders’…

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#De Blasio’s push for new ThriveNYC waste is latest low

#De Blasio’s push for new ThriveNYC waste is latest low

“#De Blasio’s push for new ThriveNYC waste is latest low” New York City’s co-mayors, doubling down on derangement, say their Christmas gift to Gotham will be 150 new social workers. Oh goody, because a city teetering on COVID-driven bankruptcy can never have too many social workers. Even when most Gothamites would doubtless rather their dough…

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#Bill de Blasio triples down on worthless ThriveNYC

#Bill de Blasio triples down on worthless ThriveNYC

“#Bill de Blasio triples down on worthless ThriveNYC” What New York’s schoolchildren really need now, Mayor Bill de Blasio told the city on Monday, is . . . a mental-health quiz and more social workers. Yes, the mayor is tripling down on his wife’s ThriveNYC initiative, with an all-new, ill-defined focus on counseling for students…

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#De Blasio announces ThriveNYC expansion at DOE

#De Blasio announces ThriveNYC expansion at DOE

“#De Blasio announces ThriveNYC expansion at DOE” Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray rolled out a plan Monday for boosting counseling services for young people struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic — but included few details, such as a timeline or price tag. The new measures — which will be run under the…

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