According to a New York Post report, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch — a law-and-order technocrat respected across the city — has agreed to stay on under incoming far-left Mayor Zohran Mamdani,
The 44-year-old commissioner, credited with record-low shootings and a major drop in crime, will remain as the city’s top cop — even though she and Mamdani are worlds apart politically.
Mamdani’s team, in a statement announcing the appointment, lauded Tisch’s leadership.
“I have admired her work cracking down on corruption in the upper echelons of the police department, driving down crime in New York City, and standing up for New Yorkers in the face of authoritarianism,” Mamdani said in a statement.
“Together, we will deliver a city where rank-and-file police officers and the communities they serve alike are safe, represented, and proud to call New York their home.”
According to The Post, Tisch said her decision to stay came after several conversations with Mamdani.
“That’s because he and I share many of the same public safety goals for New York City: lowering crime, making communities safer, rooting out corruption, and giving our officers the tools, support, and resources they need to carry out their noble work,” she said in a statement.
The two are set to launch a new Department of Community Safety, shifting homelessness and mental health issues away from the NYPD so cops can focus strictly on violent crime.
More over at The New York Post:
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch accepts Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s offer to stay as top cop https://t.co/CrVVj1f59j pic.twitter.com/sA3JCx0HNi
— New York Post (@nypost) November 19, 2025
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