She\u2019s burning over The Bronx.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A miffed NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch got into a fiery exchange Wednesday with progressive City Councilman Oswald Feliz (D-Bronx) over rising shootings in the Boogie Down.<\/p>\n
Feliz ticked off Tisch as he repeatedly pressed her over why the number of shooting victims rose 35% in the borough while crime citywide has stayed flat \u2014 momentarily derailing an otherwise sedate budget hearing for the nation\u2019s largest police force.<\/p>\n
Tisch argued the increase seen so far this year was a statistical blip, because it came on the heels of the Bronx\u2019s record-breaking reduction in gun violence in 2025.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will not have the work of the members of the NYPD mischaracterized,\u201d she snapped. <\/p>\n
A testy NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch defended the department\u2019s work against gun violence in the Bronx on Wednesday. REUTERS<\/p>\n
Councilman Oswald Feliz (D-Bronx) drew Tisch\u2019s ire after he pointed out gun violence increase compared to last year\u2019s record-breaking low numbers. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/p>\n
The dramatic exchange punctuated otherwise smooth testimony from Tisch during the hearing, where she detailed modest gains in cracking down on overtime and said she\u2019s in talks with Mayor Zohran Mamdani to keep the force\u2019s controversial Strategic Response Group, which he has said he wants to scrap.<\/p>\n
Tisch also contended the NYPD turned a corner on staffing. She said 2025 was the department\u2019s largest hiring year on record, with more than 4,000 officers brought in to replace a wave of retirements.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe not only outpaced attrition in 2025, we essentially brought the NYPD back to its authorized uniform head count for the first time in three years,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The Bronx saw more than 100 fewer shootings last year than in 2024. Robert Mecea for New York Post<\/p>\n
This year, shootings are slightly up in the Bronx. Christopher Sadowski for NY Post<\/p>\n
But Tisch\u2019s optimistic disposition quickly changed when Feliz hammered her over shooting numbers in the Bronx.<\/p>\n
The borough has seen 48 shootings with 57 victims so far this year, according to NYPD data.<\/p>\n
During the same span last year, there were 37 shootings with 42 victims, the data shows.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, it\u2019s safe to say\u00a0the progress related to shooting hasn\u2019t reached the Bronx?\u201d\u00a0Feliz asked Tisch, highlighting the increase in shooting victims.<\/p>\n
Tisch pointed out the Bronx not only saw roughly 100 fewer people shot in 2025 than the year before, but the borough also had its single largest shooting decline.<\/p>\n
Feliz persisted in pointing out this year\u2019s increase, drawing Tisch\u2019s ire.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver a record low year,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I agree with you, I like to set records every year, and I intend to do that this year, including in the borough of the Bronx. But I do not appreciate the mischaracterization of the work of this department.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are using the same playbook that we used last year, which led to record-breaking results citywide but particularly in the borough of the Bronx,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She\u2019s burning over The Bronx.\u00a0 A miffed NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch got into a fiery exchange Wednesday with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,301,5302,57,9,24,63,103,3980,129,131,130,58],"class_list":["post-167753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-city-council","tag-jessica-tisch","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-shootings","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}