Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has announced the appointment of Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch to serve as the New York City Police Commissioner in his incoming administration.

Mamdani stated, “I look forward to working with Commissioner Jessica Tisch to deliver genuine public safety in New York City. I 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." “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,” said Mamdani.

Commissioner Tisch has accepted the appointment to remain as top cop.

“I’ve spoken to Mayor-elect Mamdani several times, and I’m ready to serve with honor as his Police Commissioner. That’s because he 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,” said Tisch.

Commissioner Tisch is an 18-year veteran of public service.

Mayor Eric Adams responded to the announcement by stating, "In choosing her to stay on as police commissioner, Mayor-elect Mamdani is recognizing our public-safety efforts were right and that they will continue into the future. We all want a safer city, and keeping Commissioner Tisch in place and supporting our police officers every day with the policies we have implemented, is exactly how we do that."