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How to Save New York From Itself, With Nicole Gelinas

The Manhattan Institute fellow and New York Post columnist talks to Liel about the subway death that rocked Gotham, and about why being obsessed with race is keeping us from addressing much more difficult questions

December 12, 2024

When Jordan Neely, a mentally disturbed man with a long rap sheet, began threatening his fellow subway passengers one day last year, they were all terrified. But one straphanger, a Marine vet named Daniel Penny, stepped up, wrestling Neely to the ground and putting him in a chokehold. Tragically, Neely, who had health complications and was abusing drugs, died shortly thereafter, and New York’s ideologically motivated district attorney decided to make an example of Penny.

Nicole Gelinas, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, and a columnist for the New York Post, joins Liel to talk about how the progressive obsession with race is crippling the justice system, about the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and about how pro-Palestinian activists are now leading vocal demonstrations about matters that have nothing at all to do with Palestine.

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How to Save New York From Itself, With Nicole Gelinas
The Manhattan Institute fellow and New York Post columnist talks to Liel about the subway death that rocked Gotham, and about why being obsessed with race is keeping us from addressing much more difficult questions
December 12, 2024
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