City GOP candidates demand probe of de Blasio and wife over $1B ThriveNYC

Republican candidates running for city office called on lawmakers to investigate Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, over their $1.25 billion mental health program ThriveNYC after The Post reported the duo quietly renamed the controversial initiative — which critics have called a boondoggle — and made it permanent.

“I don’t see how the program Thrive is helping people in my district,” said Constantin Jean-Pierre, a Republican who is running for City Council to represent the central Brooklyn district that houses Kings County Hospital’s psychiatric unit. “Where are these people? They’re not helping,” Jean-Pierre said. Jean-Pierre said he’s struggled to find local services for his nephew who struggles with mental illness.