The People's Republic of NYC - With Rafael Mangual

Rafael Mangual (manhattan.institute/person/rafael-a-mangual)manhattan.institute/person/rafael-a-mangualis a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute (substack.com/profile/390223675-manhattan-insti…) Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal (substack.com/profile/105217759-city-journal), and authour of the book Criminal (In)Justice: What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most (amazon.com/gp/product/1546001514?tag=hacboogro…).
He joins us to explain what the HECK is going on with the DSA in New York, what it was like to grow up as a Dominican-Puerto Rican New Yorker with a cop for a father, what BLM and the Defund the Police movement got wrong, and what’s in store for all of us in Mamdani’s New York.
Follow Rafael on X (x.com/Rafa_Mangual), and don’t forget to check out the episode on YouTube (youtube.com/@AskAJew)as well!
Also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!! You rock. Here are a few things we love about you, in no particular order. What are we missing?
* Amazon Prime
* Sam Harris
* Air Conditioning
* Peanut Butter
* Movie Theatre soda
* Yellowstone National Park (actually, all national parks)
* The Blue Angels
* Turning right on red
* Halloween
* Women that call you “Hon”
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