Jessica Tisch’s crimefighting won’t end with the Eric Adams administration. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that the New York City police commissioner has accepted his offer to stay on in the role when he takes office in January.

Tisch is already one of the most powerful – and widely praised – commissioners in New York City. Here’s what you need to know about Mamdani’s first commissioner hire.

She diverges from Mamdani on some major policy areas

The fervor around Mamdani’s decision to retain Tisch is rooted in part in their apparent disagreements on how to best approach policing. Mamdani, who ran on a plan to shift some major responsibilities away from the NYPD – and in 2020 called for defunding the agency – was likely going to encounter some awkwardness with the agency r

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