Hochul calls Mamdani's decision to retain Tisch smart
Kathy HochulGovernor of New York
Hochul praises Mamdani for standing by Tisch. She cites declining crime and Tisch's efforts against corruption as reasons to keep her.
“New York City just came off the safest summer in New York subway history. I mean, it’s just extraordinary, the decline in crime. So I think she’s doing well. The mayor knows that. I applaud him for recognizing that. And case closed on that one.”
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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.
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This is a fresh public response, separate from the October 10 statement from her office. One sentence in the source has a spacing defect; the selected quotation comes from a clean later passage.
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She speaks to reporters in Jackson Heights after Mamdani rules out replacing Tisch.
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The quoted crime assessment is Hochul's. Her remarks do not resolve critics' allegations about the confrontation.
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She explicitly endorses retaining Tisch.
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