Sigh: Mayor Bill de Blasio just named first lady Chirlane McCray to head his task force on ensuring New York is more racially just when it reopens. The mayor says his wife’s record running the ThriveNYC initiative makes her perfect for this new job. That was the story of Thrive, which was supposed to boost New Yorkers’ mental health but mainly seemed to hire people without ever figuring out what they should do. And which mainly steered clear of the city’s most urgent mental health problem, the huge portion of the homeless population that faces major psychiatric issues. De Blasio claims that the crisis is an opportunity to fundamentally remake New York City economically and socially.

Source: The Local April 26, 2020 22:12 UTC