Professor, we got to get to the elephant in the room, which is this latest news that

Zoran Mamdani seems to be backing away from one of his most important campaign promises

in the eyes of a lot of people, especially those that are interested in the criminal

legal system, which is this issue of headcount. I'm reading now from a daily news story that was published on June 15th.

It reads, Mayor Mamdani promised on the campaign trail to drastically change the way New York

City handles policing, but nearly six months in, his administration has made little

progress and even backed away from some of those pledges, as friction between Momdani and

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch trickles into public view and cracks emerge between the mayor

and his base. On Friday, the New York City Democratic Socialist of America, an organization that

represents Momdani's core base, denounced his administration's move to grow the city's police headcount and a rare

public rebuke. Increasing the number of NYPD officers by 580, quote, runs counter to the values

of the socialist and working class movement that elected him, the organization said in a statement.

All right.

You are the best possible person that we can get to weigh on on what you think has happened

here.

We've been doing a lot of speculating about what has motivated Zora Mundini's choice to keep

Jessica Tisch on in the first place.

But now we have someone a man on the inside, if you will, to help give us some clarity as to

how and why these decisions are being made.

I mean, I wish I was a little more on the inside on this than I really am, because he is

making these decisions, and I know there are a lot of people at City Hall who don't agree with it.

And there is also not a lot of clarity about who he's talking to that's leading him to make these

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