Hi Brian Lair here. Up next, Brian Lair Weekend, three of our favorite segments from the week,

Package Together, for you to listen to on the weekend. So enjoy, and I'll see you back on the

radio Monday at 10 a.m. on WNYC and WNYC.org I'm a total hot weather person give me heat and

and I'm a happy camper maybe because as a kid I was literally a happy camper school was out campers in

and it was the best time of the year but not everyone has it that easy right summer time without the

resources for things like summer camp or even air conditioning or if you have to work out there

on construction sites or whatever work heaps you outside he brings health challenges for some

people spikes in crime and political unrest and as the new edition of the policy journal vital city

reminds us when temperatures get hot so do temperatures so do tempers they quote this line from the

classic song The Message by Melly Mel. Don't push me because I'm close to the edge by Melly Mel in

the classic song The Message. The journal edition is called summertime how life changes when things get

it's got the good and the bad reflections on summertime's past by Dwight Gooden, Lin-Manuel Miranda

and others and we will invite yours in just a minute with us now Elizabeth Glazer the founder

of vital city most recently she served as the director of the New York City mayor's office of

criminal justice for mayor build the blasio where she led the strategy to produce a dramatic

reduction in the jail population and to create community led safety strategies she previously

oversaw the criminal justice agencies in New York state as the governor's deputy secretary for

public safety she is a former federal prosecutor and clerked for then U.S. Circuit Court judge Ruth

Bader Ginsburg remember her when she was a U.S. Circuit Court judge merely Liz thanks for coming

on welcome back to WNYC. Thanks so much for having me Brian. And we'll also get you take on Mayor

Adams criminal justice policy in this conversation including after yet another death at Rikers the

fourth this year but why a special issue of vital city about summer in New York? Well I think

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