"Meet the new police commissioner - same as the old police commissioner! Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Wednesday that Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, a veteran of city government and a scion of one of the city's wealthiest families, would remain in her post when he takes over City Hall next year. It's an extraordinary decision with little precedent in modern city history."
"But what about her controversial e-bike crackdown? "She's starting to turn the dial back towards deterrence for bad going-ons on city streets, but we let it slide so far that we have a huge distance to travel to get to anything resembling safe streets or Vision Zero," said Jon Orcutt, who was the policy director at the city Department of Transportation under Mayor Michael Bloomberg."
Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani will keep Jessica Tisch as Police Commissioner when he assumes office next year, a rare instance of mayoral continuity last seen in 1946. Tisch took command amid fallout from Eric Adams's corruption scandal. Since then, visible scandals have subsided, high-speed chases have decreased, and enforcement against illegal parking in bike lanes has become more consistent, though absolute numbers remain middling. Outstanding concerns include placard abuse and a controversial e-bike enforcement policy. Jon Orcutt, a former DOT policy director, says Tisch is shifting toward deterrence but that substantial work remains to achieve safer streets or Vision Zero.
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