New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Tuesday that he has “no plans” to remove NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, appearing alongside the city’s top police official at a ceremony honoring officers who died in the line of duty.
“Jessica Tisch is the police commissioner. I have no plans to change that,” Mamdani told reporters in Queens at a news conference held before the memorial service.
Mamdani said he appointed Tisch because of her record of confronting corruption within the upper ranks of the NYPD.
His comments are likely to disappoint members of his left-wing political base, who have called for Tisch’s dismissal and urged the city to disband two specialized NYPD units after an encounter involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Bronx last week.
The criticism comes as New York recorded its lowest number of murders during the first six months of any year, according to NYPD statistics released in July.
Mamdani and Tisch later attended a ceremony at the New York City Police Memorial in Lower Manhattan, where the names of 42 officers were added to the memorial wall on Liberty Street.
The appearance marked their first joint event since City Hall directed the NYPD to review its use-of-force policies a day earlier. Critics characterized the move as an attempt to ease mounting pressure from groups opposed to police practices.
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Neither Mamdani nor Tisch appeared to show signs of tension over the directive as they addressed attendees at the memorial. First dedicated in 1997, the site honors members of New York’s Finest who lost their lives while serving the city.
The mayor said 41 of the officers recognized Tuesday were first responders who later died from illnesses linked to the September 11 attacks.
NYPD Detective and father Didarul Islam was also honored. He was killed in July 2025 when a gunman entered a Midtown office building.
“I thank you for loving these New Yorkers, for raising these New Yorkers, for tending to them as they tended to all of us,” Mamdani told the families gathered at the memorial.
“While we cannot fill the silence they left behind, we will refuse to let their memory fade,” he said.
Tisch thanked Mamdani for attending the ceremony before delivering her own remarks.
“Here, we pause. We pause to remember the people who helped make all of that possible, and who lost their lives in service to others,” she said.
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