Overview
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani has publicly said he will not remove NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch and praised her record on corruption and crime reduction.
- The Democratic Socialists of America and endorsed candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier have called for Tisch to be fired and for ICE to be expelled from the city, arguing the NYPD violated sanctuary spirit during the response to the shooting.
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot Oscar Belgal during an operation, and Belgal is in federal custody with lawyers saying a bullet remains lodged in his neck and he needs surgery.
- City Hall has begun a department-wide NYPD use-of-force review and procedural reforms aimed at accountability, even as staffers complain that public calls from Chevalier have politically undermined the mayor.
- The dispute links to broader debates over the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group, sanctuary policy limits—Tisch cannot remove federal ICE agents—and earlier 2024 accountability concerns that prompted the current review.