Since its inception in 2015, ThriveNYC — the city's sprawling $850 million initiative to address a variety of mental health issues has operated without much scrutiny or accountability.
With few public metrics by which to measure its success so far, and the broad strokes used by city officials to describe its operations, the city has offered little insight into how it has assessed Thrive's efficacy since it began.
It is difficult to establish a central, line-item budget delineating how the city is spending taxpayer dollars on the program.
Run by the mayor’s wife and closest adviser, Chirlane McCray,
Two budget breakdowns acquired by POLITICO one from City Hall and one from the Independent Budget Office show significant differences in spending.
Who is thriving of thriveNYC?"The money is in the wrong hand" said the husband.
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