After his stunning primary upset in June, Zohran Mamdani set out to win over his skeptics. And in a series of meetings with business leaders, one question was raised repeatedly.

“The test case was Jessie Tisch. ‘Which way are you going?’” Kathryn Wylde said.

Wylde is executive director and CEO of the Partnership for New York City, a powerful business coalition. She said keeping Jessica Tisch as police commissioner was a top priority of business leaders looking for stability.

What You Need To Know

After his primary win, skeptical business leaders told Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani that keeping Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch was a top priority

The Tisch decision earned praise from Republicans like Staten Island Rep. Nicole Malliotakis

Mamdani has apologized for his past provocative sta

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