{"id":341723,"date":"2026-09-09T12:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T12:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/341723\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T12:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T12:04:15","slug":"protecting-new-york-city-from-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/341723\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting New York City from Terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nToday, we\u2019re looking at\u00a0efforts to protect New York City from terror, New York\u2019s post-9\/11 rebuilding efforts, what the nation has forgotten 25 years after September 11, state psychiatric hospitals, higher education reform in Iowa, and American universities\u2019 uncertain future.<\/p>\n

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\nTwenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, New York City faces a plethora of terror threats. The NYPD has thwarted about 20 known plots, along with dozens of others that have never been made public. Indeed, the city is still the world\u2019s top terrorist target; protecting it requires coordination among local law enforcement, federal homeland security agencies, and nonprofit groups like the Community Security Initiative.<\/p>\n

\nCreated in 2019, CSI is a community-based counterterrorism organization that helps protect New York\u2019s Jewish population as well as the city\u2019s thousands of Jewish institutions. Judith Miller recently spoke with Mitchell Silber, who leads CSI, about what groups like his are doing to help prevent another mass attack and protect New York Jews.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cWhile most people agreed after 9\/11 that terrorism was evil and civilians were innocent victims, now terrorism\u2019s evil seems up for debate and Jews are often seen as legitimate targets,\u201d he told Miller. \u201cOn the internet and even from some politicians, you hear that Jewish terror victims are fair game.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nRead more<\/a> from her conversations with Silber about the city\u2019s counterterrorism efforts, and why Jews, in particular, are increasingly under threat.<\/p>\n

\nTwenty-five years after 9\/11, Steven Malanga reflects on New York\u2019s experience following the attacks. While political infighting and government-led planning delayed the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan, private developer Larry Silverstein\u2019s determination to rebuild 7 World Trade Center helped break the stalemate and ultimately drove much of the site\u2019s redevelopment. The anniversary is therefore both a commemoration of those lost and a reminder of the policies that helped New York recover.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, many of the lessons of 9\/11 and its aftermath have been forgotten or were never learned,\u201d Malanga says. But two and a half decades later, Americans have the \u201copportunity not only to remember the dead and honor those who sacrificed their lives doing their duty that day\u2014but also to admonish the living.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nRead more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cIt was once commonplace to hear President George W. Bush declare that you were either part of the free world or aligned with the terrorists,\u201d Tal Fortgang writes. \u201cYet 25 years later, that ultimatum seems far less self-evident.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nIndeed, look at where we are today. Despite his claim that \u201cAmerica deserved 9\/11,\u201d Hasan Piker has entered the Democratic mainstream. Many Democratic Socialists of America candidates have acted disturbingly conciliatory toward al-Qaeda. Progressive politicians now often draw a moral equivalence between the U.S. and its enemies.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cWe have not forgotten 9\/11,\u201d Fortgang observes<\/a>, \u201cbut we have forgotten that a real difference exists between us and our enemies\u2014and that Americans are right to insist that their nation belongs to those who believe in Americanism, not those who aid and abet its enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Lindsay Clancy murder trial, which ended in a mistrial last week, has highlighted a cultural shift toward treating criminal offenders as victims of mental illness or trauma. Tewksbury Hospital, the Massachusetts facility where Clancy has been confined for the past three years, is one of many mental-health institutions struggling with the consequences of this change.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cToday, a large share of [Tewksbury\u2019s] psychiatric population comes through the criminal-justice system,\u201d writes Christina Buttons. These new patients are creating persistent violence and security problems, as well as unsafe working conditions for hospital staff.<\/p>\n

\nRead here<\/a> to see why investing in psychiatric care inside jails, rather than overtaxing the nation\u2019s already-strained state-hospital system, would be a better option.<\/p>\n

\u201cRacism in American Popular Culture\u201d; \u201cFrench and Francophone Animation\u201d; \u201cBlack Television Culture\u201d; \u201cNative American Foods and Foodways\u201d; \u201cIntroduction to LGBTQ+ Studies\u201d\u2014these are just some of the many courses university students in Iowa have been able to take to fulfill general education requirements.<\/p>\n

\nCome 2028, topics like these will no longer count for credit. That\u2019s thanks to state legislation passed in June that requires all college students to take a U.S. history course and a government course\u2014and these classes must be broad enough to count as introductory surveys.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cIowa\u2019s higher-education reforms show that a hands-on approach to general education can work,\u201d Mark Bauerlein writes. Read<\/a> about how the new law came to be.<\/p>\n

Since the 1980s, tuition at U.S. universities has skyrocketed 438 percent\u2014about three times the rate of inflation. Only about a third of Americans think a college education is worth the high cost. Only 38 percent say they feel confident in higher education.<\/p>\n

\nNow, more than 440 colleges\u202fare at risk of financial failure over the coming decade. Some won\u2019t make it. Those that do survive have an opportunity to rethink curriculum, governance, and credentials. \u201cUniversity boards must stop assuming that yesterday\u2019s business model can be preserved through incremental reform,\u201d Pano Kanelos and Thomas E. Beach write. \u201cFaculty need to recognize that defending higher learning is not the same thing as defending existing structures. Struggling\u202fcolleges may want to prepare for policymakers or philanthropists to stage takeovers of their campuses, remaking them to ensure their survival.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A quarterly magazine of urban affairs, published by the Manhattan Institute, edited by Brian C. Anderson.<\/p>\n

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