NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who comes from a prominent Jewish family, has accepted the offer to stay in her current role under Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect announced Wednesday morning.
“Together, we will deliver a city where rank-and-file police officers and the communities they serve alike are safe, represented, and proud to call New York their home,” Mamdani said in a statement.
The announcement comes about one month after a mayoral debate where Mamdani declared that he wanted to keep Tisch in her role, and on the heels of speculation that Tisch, who did not publicly comment on the offer until Wednesday, might decline.
Tisch is the first Jewish member of Mamdani’s administration, which he has only begun to fill out after passing over a key Jewish ally during the election, Comp

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