Hey everybody, it is Monday. I am feeling significantly better a week out of

having my wisdom tooth pulled. It's does still hurt a little, but therefore,

while I was in a ton of pain, I'm in a much better place now as you can hear from

my giggles and a big voice. But today's going to be a good news episode of the

breakdown. I want to talk about a huge development here in New York City and it

is what I think could be one of the most important breakthroughs as we fight

against police violence and mass incarceration. It's one of the most

important breakthroughs I think of even the past 10 years and it's something

that I know can be duplicated in your hometown. Let me unpack and explain it. Let's

talk about it. Let's dig in. I'll tell you what I'm talking about right after

the break. This is Sean King and you were listening to the breakdown.

Last week, the mayor of New York built the Blasio who is incredibly

unpopular here in the city, but does some good things and we're in the thick of

he has had his final term and he's in his final year in office and we're in the

thick of a mayoral election. What we're about to see is that as frustrating as

mayor Bill de Blasio has been particularly on policing and law enforcement

accountability. He's frequently been terrible. It is possible that we will have

someone less progressive and even more problematic than him elected as mayor.

And when he does good things, it doesn't really get celebrated or get the

coverage because he's a pretty bad politician.

Just to lay it out there, a lot of being a good politician is being good with people.

It's being good with the media. Not just being present, but having a personality and

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