New York mayor-elect, police commissioner appear together after announcing she will stay on

Описание: (19 Nov 2025)
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New York-- 19 November 2025
1. Cutaway of police commissioner, mayor-elect and others walking to visit police memorial
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jessica Tisch, New York City Police Commissioner and Zohran Mamdani, New York City Mayor-elect, answering question from reporter:
TISCH: "This memorial so represents the heart of the NYPD, how we honor the sacrifices of those who have lost their lives in the line of duty. And so to me it is very meaningful that he asked to come here as our first public venture to visit the memorial with me and with some of our officers here."
MAMDANI: "And I want to thank the commissioner and the officers that are here for the work that they do each and every day to keep New Yorkers safe."
REPORTER: "Commissioner, you two have very different policy positions. Are you worried at all that there is gonna be an uptake of police officers resigning and what are you gonna do to help alleviate some concerns about potential future policy?"
TISCH: "Yeah, so right now we're here to visit the memorial and honor the legacy of service that so many of our officers have left and I'm sure there will be plenty of time to discuss all of that. But I really want to leave politics out of today's discussion."
3. Cutaway of pair looking at police memorial
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Zohran Mamdani, New York City Mayor-elect:
"What I would say, however, in the campaign is that it's untenable for officers to be asked to respond to the 200,000 mental health calls they receive every year to be tasked with the responsibility of taking on the mental health crisis, the homelessness crisis. The commissioner and I share a belief in the fact that in order for police officers to be able to do their jobs, we also need to create a department of community safety that will be tasked with those responsibilities."
5. Pair looking at police memorial
STORYLINE:
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani says the city’s current police commissioner will remain in the post.

The appointment of Jessica Tisch was announced Wednesday. Mamdani praised Tisch for “cracking down on corruption in the upper echelons" of the NYPD while also driving down crime in the city.

Tisch has led the nation’s largest police department since November 2024.

Tisch’s decision to stay on as commissioner is likely to provide some level of comfort to city business leaders and others who worried that Mamdani’s past harsh rhetoric about the department during the height of Black Lives Matter protests would translate into radical changes at the NYPD.

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