Overview
- Tisch accepted after several conversations with Zohran Mamdani and informed NYPD personnel of her decision in a department-wide email.
- Mamdani’s announcement credits her tenure with rooting out upper‑rank corruption and driving down violent crime, citing record‑low shootings through ten months, murders down nearly 20% year to date, and more than 4,800 illegal guns seized.
- The transition plan would keep officers focused on serious and violent crime while a proposed Department of Community Safety takes on homelessness and mental‑health calls.
- The move fulfills Mamdani’s campaign pledge to retain Tisch and is being framed as a bridge‑building step despite their policy differences on policing.
- Initial reaction included praise for stability from the police union and some officials, alongside renewed calls from activists and elected leaders for accountability on pending misconduct cases, including the Delrawn Small case.