Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will keep NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tish in her role when he takes office in January, he announced Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tisch, the department\u2019s 48th commissioner, has led the NYPD with a focus on accountability and transparency, Mamdani\u2019s team said in a release, overseeing a historic drop in violent crime.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI have admired her work cracking down on corruption in the upper echelons of the police department, driving down crime in New York City, and standing up for New Yorkers in the face of authoritarianism,\u201d Mamdani said in a statement. \u201cTogether, 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tisch, an 18-year public servant, said she is \u201cready to serve with honor\u201d in Mamdani\u2019s administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks to the men and women of the NYPD, the strategies we deployed this year have delivered historic reductions in crime,\u201d she said her own statement. \u201cHe and I share many of the same public safety goals for New York City: lowering crime, making communities safer, rooting out corruption, and giving our officers the tools, support, and resources they need to carry out their noble work.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
This is a breaking story. Check back for updates.<\/p>\n
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