Welcome back to the Ten Blocks podcast. This is Brian Anderson, the editor of City Journal.

I'm joined right now by Ralph Manguel, who's a contributing editor to the magazine,

and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. About two weeks ago, Ralph had a great opportunity

to interview NYPD Commissioner Dermott Shea about some of the policy shifts in the state and city of New York,

which have had a impact on everything from pretrial detention, enforcement tactics,

prosecution of minor and serious offenses and other developments. We'll play a portion of that

very interesting conversation on the podcast today.

Before we do that, we wanted to get some thoughts and reflections from Ralph.

But first, let's go through a few important announcements.

As some of our listeners might have noticed,

the Manhattan Institute and City Journal have been hosting a ton of live stream discussions in place of our usual in-person events, which we've had to cancel because of the pandemic.

Since we launched our eventcast series back in May, we've hosted a sitting state governor, a U.S. Senator, and many, many other great

guests on a variety of topics. Thursday this week, that's September 10th. I'll be interviewing

Heather McDonald to talk about her recent work and her experience with social media censorship

and other topics. Next Thursday, September 17th, Edward Glazer,

a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a professor at Harvard, and a long time contributing

editor at City Journal, will deliver his annual James Q. Wilson lecture, where he'll address the

broad implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on city life in America.

You can find all of our events and register ahead of time by visiting the events section

of the Manhattan Institute's website.

And if you would like to watch some of these past interviews, including the one you'll

be listening to in part on today's podcast, be sure to subscribe to the Manhattan Institute's YouTube channel.

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