{"id":327206,"date":"2021-08-18T23:33:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T20:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/de-blasio-rebrands-thrivenyc-again-amid-crime-spike\/"},"modified":"2021-08-18T23:33:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T20:33:14","slug":"de-blasio-rebrands-thrivenyc-again-amid-crime-spike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/de-blasio-rebrands-thrivenyc-again-amid-crime-spike\/","title":{"rendered":"#De Blasio rebrands ThriveNYC again amid crime spike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#De Blasio rebrands ThriveNYC again amid crime spike<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Mayor de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray rolled out the third iteration of her much-maligned mental health plan ThriveNYC Wednesday \u2014 while downplaying the horrific attack of a man in a lower Manhattan ATM by a hatchet-wielding maniac.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do have some really serious issues to address there\u2019s no question,\u201d de Blasio told The Post when asked about the bloody slashing at the Chase ATM in the Financial District at 5:30 p.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a very very small percentage and I want to emphasize this \u2026 we should never stereotype folks with mental health challenges as being violent,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne in five American has a mental health challenge. Very, very few have a violence problem,\u201d Hizzoner stressed.<\/p>\n<p>De Blasio did not make any other comments about Sunday\u2019s chilling attack other than to say, \u201cWe should never stereotype folks with mental health challenges as being violent.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>However violent incidents involving mentally ill New Yorkers are not uncommon. <\/p>\n<p>Just one day before the ATM slashing, a man nearly shoved a stranger onto the subway tracks in Times Square. In May a homeless man randomly slugged an Asian woman in Chinatown. In February, a slashing rampage on the A train left two people dead and two injured. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Bill-de-Blasio-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during &quot;It's Time for Hip Hop in NYC: The Bronx at Orchard Beach on August 16, 2021 in Bronx, New York. \" class=\"wp-image-19170500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Bill-de-Blasio-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Bill-de-Blasio-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Bill-de-Blasio-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mayor Bill de Blasio insists mentally ill people shouldn\u2019t be blamed for violent crimes.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Taylor Hill\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>De Blasio and McCray opened the mayor\u2019s daily press briefing Wednesday by introducing a new website and public education campaign called Mental Health for All \u2014 that\u2019s largely a repackaging of the $1.25 billion ThriveNYC plan. <\/p>\n<p>ThriveNYC has come under fire by critics for failing to address people with serious and dangerous mental illness, as well as lacking basic performance metrics. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>arently the city has no mechanism to red flag individuals who are constantly being arrested for random attacks,\u201d Councilman Bob Holden (D-Queens) told The Post. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSerious mental illness, left untreated, always gets worse,\u201d Holden said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-small-post\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"231\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Hatchet-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231\" alt=\"Surveillance video shows a 51-year-old man attacked by a hatchet-wielding maniac in the ATM vestibule of a Chase bank on Broadway near Beaver Street in the Financial District, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021.&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-19170547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Hatchet-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=462 462w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Hatchet-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=347 346w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Hatchet-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Hatchet-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=116 115w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Hatchet-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\"\/><figcaption>Surveillance shows a 51-year-old man being slashed by a crazed attacker with a hatchet in the Financial District on Aug. 15, 2021. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Both Holden and GOP mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa called on de Blasio Wednesday to use Kendra\u2019s Law to mandate mental health treatment for people suffering from bipolar disorder or schizophrenia who have a history of violent behavior. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot afford to have another hatchet man case,\u201d Sliwa said at a press conference at the scene of Sunday\u2019s attack. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can involuntarily take these men and women and give them inpatient care,\u201d Sliwa said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Democratic mayoral candidate Eric Adams also supports an increase in the use of Kendra\u2019s Law. <\/p>\n<p>The mayor and his wife already tried rebranding ThriveNYC in May by renaming it the Office of Community Mental Health. However the office had the same leadership and press email address as its predecessor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A press release about the newest effort, Mental Health for All, does not mention ThriveNYC by name but does highlight McCray\u2019s seven-year quest to address mental health challenges in the five boroughs. <\/p>\n<p>The new website repeatedly directs users to 1-888-NYC-WELL, the free mental health hotline that was the cornerstone of ThriveNYC even though it missed an annual target to connect people to services during the height of the coronavirus pandemic last year.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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