{"id":167817,"date":"2026-03-18T23:24:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T23:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/167817\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T23:24:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T23:24:44","slug":"nypds-tisch-councilman-feliz-spar-over-crimefighting-results-in-bronx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/167817\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD’s Tisch, Councilman Feliz spar over crimefighting results in Bronx"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch<\/a> took strong exception Wednesday to a city councilman\u2019s assertion that police aren\u2019t doing enough in the neighborhoods that most need it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to say that the characterization that underserved communities are not experiencing the same crime reductions that the rest of the city are experiencing \u2026 is entirely wrong,\u201d Tisch said at an NYPD budget hearing. \u201cThe communities that have been historically plagued by gun violence are leading the crime reductions in the City of New York because that is where we are utilizing our officers and our resources.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tisch was responding to comments made by Public Safety Committee Chairman Oswald Feliz<\/a> (D-Bronx), who in his opening statement commended the NYPD, citing the officers involved in arresting the Gracie Mansion terror suspects, as well as last year\u2019s continued drop in gun violence.<\/p>\n

\"PublicPublic Safety Committee Chair Oswald Feliz. (Gerardo Romo \/ NYC Council Media Unit)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve made progress,\u201d Feliz said. \u201cBut that progress is not reaching every community \u2026 It\u2019s especially not reaching our remote, vulnerable communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The councilman specifically cited violence in the Bronx<\/a>, where 19 of the city\u2019s 42 murders and 48 of the city\u2019s 113 shooting incidents this year up through Sunday have occurred.<\/p>\n

Tisch acknowledged the spike but said she expects the results seen in the Bronx last year \u2014 with more than 100 fewer shootings than in 2024 \u2014 to continue this year, especially with more than 200 additional officers ready to be sent to the Bronx shortly as the department splits the borough into two separate commands<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like to set records every year and intend to do that this year, including in the borough of the Bronx,\u201d the commissioner said. \u201cBut I do not appreciate the mischaracterization of the work of the members of the department.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tisch also said at the hearing that she has had talks with Mayor Mamdani about the Strategic Response Group, or SRG, the NYPD unit that often responds to protests.<\/p>\n

Critics, including Mamdani, have called for SRG to be disbanded, saying its officers too often violated protesters\u2019 civil rights. The mayor advocated for the disbandment of SRG during his campaign.<\/p>\n

Tisch, who wants to keep SRG, would not characterize the talks with Mamdani but said she will stand up for any officers she believes are doing their jobs the right way.<\/p>\n

During discussion of the NYPD\u2019s preliminary $6.7 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, several Council members raised concerns about overtime.<\/p>\n

Before Tisch became top cop in late 2024, the NYPD was caught up in a sex-for-overtime scandal. She then set up stricter overtime protocols.<\/p>\n

She said that, last year, overtime dropped by 12% \u2014 a total of $144 million \u2014 compared to 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch took strong exception Wednesday to a city councilman\u2019s assertion that police aren\u2019t doing enough…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,265,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-167817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167817","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=167817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}