Speaking at his Cocoa Chat community meeting, Mamdani stressed that the apology was received and that he intends to govern for all New Yorkers.<\/p>\n
“The commissioner apologized to my team for those remarks, and I look forward to being a mayor for each and every New Yorker<\/a>, including Jewish New Yorkers,” Mamdani said.<\/p>\n He emphasized that the incident will not interfere with his working relationship with Tisch, whom he has chosen to keep on as police commissioner despite policy disagreements.<\/p>\n ADL LAUNCHES \u2018MAMDANI MONITOR\u2019 TO TRACK NYC MAYOR-ELECT ZOHRAN MAMDANI OVER ANTISEMITISM CONCERNS<\/a><\/p>\n Mayor-elect Mamdani responded to remarks made by Benjamin Tisch, brother of NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, during a Community Cocoa event on Thursday. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n “My focus in my conversations with Commissioner Tisch is on delivering public safety and doing so in tandem with justice for New Yorkers across the five boroughs,” he said. “The apology was one that she conveyed to the team. I appreciated it, and my focus is back on delivering.”<\/p>\n In a statement to Fox News Digital, NYPD spokesperson Brad Weekes shared the commissioner\u2019s message:<\/p>\n “I understand the fear in the Jewish community. My sincere belief is that the mayor-elect will live up to the commitment he\u2019s made to be a mayor for all New Yorkers, including the Jewish community.”<\/p>\n ADAMS ISSUES ORDERS BLOCKING NYC FROM BOYCOTTING ISRAEL AS CLASH WITH MAMDANI GROWS<\/a><\/p>\n NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch will continue to lead the department. (Jeenah Moon\/Reuters)<\/p>\n The apology came after Tisch\u2019s brother, Benjamin Tisch, the billionaire CEO of Loews Corporation, used his remarks at the Met Council\u2019s annual gala to label Mamdani an “enemy” of the Jewish people, according to two attendees who spoke with the New York Daily News.<\/a><\/p>\n Witnesses from the gala \u2013 which was hosted at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Manhattan \u2013 described the moment as jarring, particularly because Commissioner Tisch recently agreed to remain at the helm of the NYPD under Mamdani\u2019s incoming administration.<\/p>\n One attendee told the Daily News the room reacted in stunned silence: “It was just like, \u2018wow, he\u2019s actually going to go there.\u2019” Benjamin Tisch has not yet commented publicly on the incident.<\/p>\n Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks to members of the media at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the Queens borough of New York on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Adam Gray\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n Mamdani, a democratic socialist and a vocal critic of Israel, has repeatedly rejected allegations that his views on Israel are antisemitic.<\/p>\n Members of the wider Tisch family donated more than $1 million to super PACs opposing Mamdani during the 2025 mayoral race and backing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo<\/a>, according to the NY Daily News. Commissioner Tisch did not donate.<\/p>\n Last month, Mamdani told the NY Daily News: “The two of us will not shy away from the fact that we hold disagreements on certain issues\u2026 but I also believe that these disagreements are not only reconcilable, but they are the sign of a healthy partnership to come.”<\/p>\n![\"Zohran](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mamdani-responds-to-nypd-commissioner-brother-remarks.jpg\")
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