By Jonathan Allen and Maria Tsvetkova

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jessica Tisch, the New York City police commissioner who has overseen a drop in violent crime under outgoing Mayor Eric Adams, has agreed to remain in the post under newly elected Zohran Mamdani, who recently apologized for his past criticisms of the department.

Although Mamdani said during his campaign that he would like to retain Tisch, it was uncertain until their joint announcement on Wednesday whether Tisch would agree to serve under a mayor who has expounded progressive critiques on policing and the criminal justice system.

Earlier this year, Mamdani, a 34-year-old Democratic state lawmaker and democratic socialist, publicly apologized to the city’s police officers for his past public comments in which he described some of

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