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Where Did the Money Go? Ex-NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio's Wife Has Some Explaining to Do
Townhall ^ | 12/28/24 | Sarah Arnold

Posted on 12/29/2024 1:22:33 PM PST by SeekAndFind

In a startling revelation, a recent report found that former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's wife, Chirlane McCray, oversaw nearly $900 million in taxpayer funds without recording how the money was spent.

The funds were allocated primarily through the former First Lady's "ThriveNYC" mental health initiative— a program launched to address the city's mental health and homelessness crisis. However, audits and investigations into the program revealed a lack of transparency, with many expenditures unaccounted for and little oversight into how the money was being spent.

The revelations came during a city council meeting where legislators noted the program’s slow response times. During the meeting, it was discovered that the disgustingly large amount of money spent on the Thrive program produced no actual benefits. The program initially had a budget of $250 million per year but has seen disappointing numbers regarding the number of people it has impacted.

As Politico reported, only 570 of the estimated 12-15,000 mothers who experience postpartum depression have been helped. Of the 78,000 newborn deliveries New York City sees annually, just 28,560 of those new mothers have been screened, and only 570 women diagnosed with the condition were reached by the program.

McCray appears not to have kept a single receipt and cannot account for what she spent the $900 million on. Still, Thrive director Susan Herman claimed the program will now cost $1 billion every four years.

Queens Councilman Robert Holden told the New York Post that New York City residents have not seen a single improvement regarding the ongoing homelessness crisis on the city’s streets and its subway system.

“The situation is not improving. It’s actually getting worse,” he said.

According to the Politico report, the program distributed 189,070 anti-overdose Naloxone kits to hospitals and syringe exchange programs between July 2016 and October 2018. However, no data were collected on how many of the kits were used or on the effectiveness of the outreach efforts.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: deblasio; homeless; newyork; newyorkcity; nyc; transparency
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1 posted on 12/29/2024 1:22:33 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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2 posted on 12/29/2024 1:28:50 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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Just wow. Where did she build the mansions?


3 posted on 12/29/2024 1:31:21 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Just another leftist cultist spending money on themselves. New Yorkers love to vote for this kind of stuff.


4 posted on 12/29/2024 1:32:45 PM PST by ChuckHam
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To: SeekAndFind
McCray appears not to have kept a single receipt and cannot account for what she spent the $900 million on.

If there were a just justice system she would be in jail. I wonder how much she and Bill skimmed?!

5 posted on 12/29/2024 1:39:50 PM PST by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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She just wants to be a cop in NYC, what’s wrong with that?


6 posted on 12/29/2024 1:46:08 PM PST by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: SeekAndFind

This story has been out for many years now. Old media dolts are just getting on it now?

Good morning Town Hall.

Nasty wench needs a jail cell. Her (literal) commumist husbad needs a hanging by the neck until he’s dead for what he did to NYers.


7 posted on 12/29/2024 1:48:26 PM PST by AAABEST (That time Washington DC became a corrupted, existential threat to us all...)
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Yup- this has been known forever and they haven’t done a damn thing about it


8 posted on 12/29/2024 1:48:51 PM PST by God luvs America (6young 3.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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900 million? Did they pull up the couch cushions?


9 posted on 12/29/2024 1:49:00 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Check her bank accounts.


10 posted on 12/29/2024 1:49:03 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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This isn't any new revelation. The money was missing in early 2019.

Bill De Blasio's Wife and The Case of the Missing $850 Million in Taxpayer Money

And they've been separated, without either one moving out of there home since July 2023:

Bill de Blasio and wife Chirlane McCray are separating to date other people — without moving out or divorcing

11 posted on 12/29/2024 1:49:27 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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there = their


12 posted on 12/29/2024 1:50:03 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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“Check her bank accounts.”

I figure the bank accounts where this money is stashed are in Switzerland or Cayman or similar. They can’t be located.


13 posted on 12/29/2024 1:52:48 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: SeekAndFind

The bureaucrats would have some expenditure reporting requirements.
Did she break the law as a result?


14 posted on 12/29/2024 1:53:26 PM PST by Doctor Congo
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Probably.

God knows though, even though seeing actual real justice here on earth would be nice.


15 posted on 12/29/2024 2:02:21 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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A recent report? I knew about this, long ago. $800 million was the number I heard.


16 posted on 12/29/2024 2:18:19 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. the )
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To: SeekAndFind

Another example of why a government/nation with a completely printed, fiat, centrally-issued currency can not survive long-term.


17 posted on 12/29/2024 2:19:12 PM PST by PGR88
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(Check her bank accounts)

Check her OFFSHORE bank accounts

And her Bitcoin


18 posted on 12/29/2024 2:21:17 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Day's of Lot; They id Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SeekAndFind

She’s blacked a leftist and a lesbian, she won’t be made to explain a damn thing


19 posted on 12/29/2024 2:42:00 PM PST by TalBlack (Time to use the Law and the Power. Good luck Mr. President.)
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If she didn’t keep records that alone should indict and convict her. But you can’t tell me that that money went from where it was to someplace else without leaving a clear trail.


20 posted on 12/29/2024 2:45:32 PM PST by TalBlack (Time to use the Law and the Power. Good luck Mr. President.)
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