Director of de Blasio’s $1B ThriveNYC boondoggle runs trendy DUMBO boutique — and is on Zohran Mamdani’s transition committee

If at first you don’t succeed — thrive, thrive again.

The former director of Bill de Blasio’s controversial $1 billion ThriveNYC mental health initiative owns a trendy DUMBO boutique — and landed a spot on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team.

Susan Herman’s quaint shop Plum on Bridge Street peddles handcrafted, locally sourced doo-dads such as a $450 “octagon table” by a woodworker whose artist bio touts his belief that living spaces have a “huge impact on our mental well-being.”…

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