If we're thinking about the future of New York City, we're thinking about how to get growth going,

there's no way that happens if you don't have crime, go back to where it was before this past year.

Welcome to post Corona, where we try to understand COVID-19's lasting impact on the economy,

culture, and geopolitics.

I'm Dan Cenor.

Is New York over?

Is New York over? It's a hotly debated question that we will return to from time to time

over a number of episodes. In December we had two back-to-back episodes, one on the future of mass transit post-Corona, and the other on the

future of Broadway post-Corona.

On today's episode, a look at the role Crime Will Play in slowing or even halting the city's post-Corona recovery.

We've had a public health shock, followed by an economic shock,

followed by a civic and societal shock.

An emerging crisis in public security looms over the

coronavirus era here in New York City, but also in cities across the country. To help us understand

how we got here and what lies ahead, we're joined by two experts

from the Manhattan Institute, the most important urban policy think tank in America.

We welcome back Ryhan Salaam, who's president of the Manhattan Institute.

He's also a contributing editor at the Atlantic, at National Review, and National Affairs.

Ryhan also writes frequently for the Wall Street Journal and his most recent book on immigration policy is called

melting pot or civil war. We also welcome Raphael Manuel who's deputy director of legal policy at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor at City Journal, one of my favorite policy publications.

Raphael is a prolific writer who just this week penned a provocative column for the New York Times

titled The Homicide Spike is Real.

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