City Hall says there are no plans to replace Tisch
Dora PekecMayoral spokesperson responding on behalf of City Hall to dismissal demands
Pekec states City Hall's intention to retain Tisch while reviewing the previous day's events.
“Jessica Tisch is the police commissioner and there are no plans to change that”
Reporting
Where this statement fits
Should Zohran Mamdani remove Jessica Tisch after the Marble Hill ICE confrontation?
NYC-DSA said Jessica Tisch must be fired if she cannot stop what it describes as NYPD complicity with ICE. Congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier separately called for the police commissioner to step down after the October 8 confrontation in Marble Hill. City Hall spokesperson Dora Pekec said there were no plans to replace Tisch. The dispute is whether Mayor Zohran Mamdani should continue to retain Tisch after critics challenged her public explanation of the shooting and the NYPD's response to protesters.
Source and context
Reporting
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Gothamist reports City Hall's response to NYC-DSA and Chevalier, with competing accounts of the police response.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Before the quotation
Gothamist sought City Hall's response to calls for Tisch's removal.
After the quotation
Pekec also said the mayor and NYPD would review the previous day's events.
How this statement is classified
The label describes this statement's response within the context above.
Why this label?
The reference is Mamdani's continued retention of Tisch. Pekec affirms that decision without endorsing every aspect of the police response.
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- Zohran Mamdani, Jessica Tisch
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“Action: Signed an October 9 statement calling for Tisch to be fired if she refuses to end police assistance for ICE and disband the Strategic Response Group.”Read statement
Maurice Brown signs a conditional demand for Tisch's firing
“Action: Signed an October 9 statement calling for Tisch to be fired if she refuses to end police assistance for ICE and disband the Strategic Response Group.”Read statement
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The Dispute Index. "City Hall says there are no plans to replace Tisch". First published: 2026-10-10. Last updated: 2026-10-10. https://disputeindex.com/events/5374-pekec-states-city-hall-s-intention-to-retain