Overview

• Speaking Sept. 8 at a Citizens Budget Commission forum, Tisch said she is “revolted” by militarizing New York’s streets and insisted the NYPD can manage public safety without troop patrols.
• She warned that deploying the National Guard would introduce chaos and disorder, asserting soldiers are not trained for New York’s street‑level policing.
• Pointing to NYPD data, she cited record‑low shootings through August 2025 (489 incidents, 611 victims) and a 6.7% year‑over‑year drop in overall crime in August.
• Tisch urged federal help targeting illegal gun pipelines and asked for more federal prosecutors to take gun cases rather than sending troops.
• Her stance comes as the Trump administration moves Guard forces and federal operations in other cities, with New York leaders including Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams rejecting troop patrols, and as Tisch faults state justice reforms—not COVID—for earlier crime increases.