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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani Appoints Jessica Tisch as Police Commissioner

Under Commissioner Tisch’s leadership, New York City has seen a historic drop in crime – first 10 months of the year reported fewest shooting incidents and victims in recorded history

Commissioner Tisch brings nearly two decades of public service and has led the charge to root out corruption and deliver accountable leadership

New York, NY — Today, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced the appointment of Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch to serve as the New York City Police Commissioner in his incoming administration. As the 48th Commissioner of New York City Police Department, Commissioner Tisch has rooted out corruption in the upper echelons of the NYPD and led a department-wide focus on accountability and transparency, while delivering historic reductions in violent crime.

Under Commissioner Tisch’s leadership, New York City has achieved:

  • The fewest shooting incidents and shooting victims in recorded history over the first ten months of the year.
  • Murders down nearly 20 percent citywide year-to-date.
  • More than 4,800 illegal guns removed from the city’s streets in 2025.
  • Reductions in six of the seven major crime categories.
  • Citywide index crime down across patrol precincts, NYCHA developments, and the subway system.
  • The four safest months in transit in 15 years – with July, August, September, and October marking record safety underground outside the pandemic years.

“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,” said Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. “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.” 

“Thanks to the men and women of the NYPD, the strategies we deployed this year have delivered historic reductions in crime,” said Commissioner Tisch. “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.”

Together, Mayor-elect Mamdani and Commissioner Tisch will advance a coordinated approach to public safety built on partnership and shared purpose. That includes ensuring police officers remain focused on serious and violent crime, while strengthening the city’s response to issues like homelessness and mental health. A new Department of Community Safety will support this work while collaborating closely with the NYPD.

Commissioner Tisch is an 18-year veteran of public service. Prior to joining the NYPD, she led the New York City Department of Sanitation, where she oversaw the “Trash Revolution,” the most significant modernization of the city’s waste system in decades. She launched citywide containerization, redesigned collection routes, and expanded litter basket service to improve cleanliness across all five boroughs.

Before leading the Sanitation Department, she served as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, where she oversaw the city’s technology response to COVID-19 – distributing more than 700,000 iPads to public school students and standing up the contact-tracing and vaccine-distribution systems that supported the city’s recovery.

Prior to that, as the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Information Technology, Commissioner Tisch modernized core police operations and advanced transparency, including body-worn cameras. Commissioner Tisch began her public service career in 2008 in the NYPD’s Counterterrorism Bureau.