Democratic bigs hoping to blue-wash Zohran Mamdani’s anti-cop record are hinting that he might retain tough-on-crime NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch if he takes City Hall in November.
File that under “Blowing Smoke Up Our Collective Rear Ends.”
Tisch has made it clear that the drop in shootings and murders on her watch relies on tight cooperation between City Hall and One Police Plaza.
“When the critics called to cut funding,” she declared recently, Mayor Eric Adams “chose to cut crime. When the pressure came to back down — he chose to double down. And when others tried to make headlines — he chose to make a difference.”
The commissioner has a duty to avoid politics, so she can’t spell it out, but Mamdani has always been one of those critics — and plainly wouldn’t choose to do what’s needed to cut crime: His approach is fundamentally opposed to Tisch’s