Chris Brennan, the Daily News' Urban Warrior, has an interesting column Monday that reveals Mayor Street is unlikely to fill 70 jobs he promised in neighborhood health clinics.
Chris also asked the Democratic candidates what they'd do. All but Brady and Evans said they would fill the jobs.
Brady didn't answer. Evans said he wasn't prepared to commit to it, and added that he'd want to make sure that the city wasn't overlapping with the governor's recently announced health plan.
That seems like an honest answer. The one thing about campaign promises now is this: The next mayor is going to walk into a financial mess the day he steps into office. The reason Street likely won't fill the jobs is because he's having to cut all city department budgets (except for the cops).
On the other hand, I imagine these 70 jobs are a pretty cheap way to prevent and treat illness in the neighborhoods.