Mayor Eric Adams
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It appears Mayor Eric Adams is trying merely to rebrand the boondoggle ThriveNYC moderately than shut it down. That may be his worst mistake but.
Now we have no specific beef with former Metropolis Councilman Fernando Cabrera (D-Bx.), the rumored choose to run the “new” Workplace of Neighborhood Well being that’s to be the brand new Thrive. However discover him one other job: This incoherent grab-bag of applications wasn’t a failure just because it was the brainchild and pet challenge of then-First Girl Chirlane McCray. Heck, it’s already been rebranded at the very least 3 times.
Per a 2019 efficiency evaluation, ThriveNYC didn’t attain even its modest objectives in helping folks with (largely minor) mental-health issues: It was $1.5 billion, down the drain.
As we’ve written 10,000 instances, the cash is much better spent on New Yorkers with critical psychological points, dwelling within the streets and on the subways. One or two applications would possibly be price saving, however most of it ought to merely go.
Adams vowed to reorganize metropolis authorities and save taxpayer dollars. That ought to embody axing the nascent Workplace of Neighborhood Well being and insisting that any former elected officers tackle actual jobs. ThriveNYC must go together with just about each different feckless de Blasio brainstorm.
Metropolis authorities is filled with applications which have by no means labored effectively however by no means get axed as a result of they sound good and make use of folks. Killing Thrive sends the clear message that these days are over — and different failed concepts will quickly face the ax, too.
Holding it sends the worst attainable message.
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