New York City's centrality as a cultural and financial capital has always made it a primary target for terrorists.

Thankfully, the city's unmatched police and counterterrorism forces, along with federal agencies,

have foiled more than 15 terrorist plots against New York since 9-11, and there has been no loss of life to terror since that tragic day.

For our next episode, Paul Howard, the Director of Health Policy at the Manhattan Institute,

interviews Tevi Troy to discuss the terrifying possibility of a bioterror attack on New York City

and what the city has done to prepare for that possibility.

Tevi's article is Gotham Ready for Bioterror appeared in City Journal's Spring 2017 issue,

and it's available on our website.

The interview will begin after this.

Hello, I'm City Journal editor Brian Anderson.

Thanks for joining us for the 10 Blocks podcast featuring urban policy and cultural commentary with City Journal editors, contributors, and special guests.

We're joined on 10 blocks today by Tevi Troy.

Tevi is a presidential historian, CEO of the American Health Policy Institute,

and former Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services.

His latest book is, Shall We Wake the President, two centuries of disaster management from

the Oval Office.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University,

and an MA and PhD in American Civilization from the University of Texas at Austin.

Tevi, thanks for joining us today.

Hey, thanks for having me. More importantly than all that is I'm a big fan of the Ten Blocks

podcast.

As we all should be. Tevi, you've got a terrific article in the current issue of City

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