The council redeemed itself only slightly Tuesday, asking McCray too politely for the circumstances to explain herself, and then settling for a non-answer answer for the ages: ThriveNYC was my idea, she said. Instagram: @chirlane Ms. McCrays schedules show that last year she made three calls to Ms. Simons, in July, September and December. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/chirlane-mccray-50935.php. Birthday: November 29, 1954 (Sagittarius), Born In: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, children: Chiara de Blasio, Dante de Blasio, Ancestry: Barbadian American, Saint Lucian American, U.S. State: Massachusetts, African-American From Massachusetts, See the events in life of Chirlane McCray in Chronological Order, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA438IuonLg. The amount of time it takes to manage a $50,000 program or project is not infrequently the same amount of time that it might take to manage a $5 million program or project, said Darren Bloch, the executive director of the Mayors Fund, defending the staffing increase. Activist, writer, loving partner of @BilldeBlasio. De Blasio and 'co-mayor' wife have wasted $1.8B of taxpayer money Its a national effort to address mental health stigma. The City Council discovered this shocking amount of potential waste during a meeting Wednesday. The wife of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio "can't account for" $850 million in missing taxpayer money that was granted to her mental health project, according to reports. This principally is on the co-mayors, of course, but it is also on Stringer who wants to be mayor, but who shrinks from demonstrating that he deserves the job. McCray says her hope is that the Office of Community Mental Health, created via an executive order, continues long after she leaves Gracie Mansion, but also admits the rebranding was an effort to move away from the negativity surrounding the ThriveNYC moniker. Its not necessary for me to sit through them if I can be raising thousands of dollars to actually pay for fund programs. McCray says she is not running the Office of Community Mental Health Susan Herman is. That is, reversing Bloomberg administration plans to shut down 100 miserably malfunctioning schools, thus saving the jobs of barely competent teachers and administrators and shutting up small bands of noisy parents who loved the schools despite their failings. As WCBs 880's Rich Lamb reports, first lady Chirlane McCray's "Thrive" metal health initiative meant to help the mentally ill has spent $850 million over the past four years. Bill de Blasio, Chirlane McCray, Chiara de Blasio and Dante de Blasio Chirlane is the loving mom of Chiara de Blasio and Dante de Blasio. But another pattern is revealed by the calls: almost half of those contacted by Ms. McCray were contributors to her husbands mayoral campaigns (the Simonses each gave the maximum donation to Mr. de Blasios re-election campaign last year). Despite its ranks and generous salaries, the team hasnt posted an update to McCrays public schedule since last year. This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. On the citys website there is now a tool launched last year where you can see how many New Yorkers are using the programs. Mayor Bill de Blasio likes to say that there's plenty of money in New York City, but that it's in the wrong hands. Chirlane McCray can't explain where the $850m in funding has gone after it was given to the organization she runs, ThriveNYC.