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Alex S. Vitale on Mamdani, ICE Raids, and Abolishing the NYPD Gang Database
Alex S. Vitale is a professor of sociology at Brooklyn College, where he coordinates the Policing and Social Justice Project. He’s the best-selling author of the 2017 book The End of Policing, and a contributor to Current Affairs. As of last week’s inauguration in New York City, he’s also part of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s inner circle, appointed as a member of the transition team for the new Committee on Community Safety. (Fox News and the New York Post were not very happy about his appointment, which is how you know it was a good choice.) Current Affairs associate editor Alex Skopic sat down with Vitale to discuss the tensions between Mamdani and the NYPD, the force’s infamous “gang database,” and where the fight for police reform and abolition goes from here.
Drunk Lobbying History
The government’s about-face on alcohol limits follows a yearslong industry lobbying campaign.
The business of a viral Substack scandal isn't as good as you think, Ryan Lizza says
"On the money part, not enough," Lizza said on Semafor’s “Mixed Signals” podcast when asked about how much money he made off of the 25,000-word series.