"Mamdani surprised supporters by asking current Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch to stay on after his inauguration early next year. Tisch, a technocrat heir to a vast real estate fortune, clashes with Mamdani on several fronts, including policy (she believes New York State's bail reforms caused rising crime) and the geopolitics that inevitably make their way into New York City's streets. (Tisch's family are key figures in the Israel lobby; Mamdani is vociferously pro-Palestinian.)"
"One area where Mamdani is guaranteed to clash with Tisch is on the NYPD's massive technical surveillance apparatus and intelligence-gathering methods, which have metastasized since 9/11 to levels that rival the capabilities of a midsize country. More than one observer has characterized the NYPD as operating more like a US intelligence agency-at one point, the department's Intelligence Division was run by a CIA veteran, and at least one CIA analyst was embedded at NYPD-than a police department."
"While Mamdani's public safety proposals center on the creation of a $1 billion Department of Community Safety that will handle non-emergency 911 calls in place of armed cops, some of his other stated positions conflict directly with Tisch's own positions and background with the NYPD, where she got her start in the department's controversial intelligence division during the height of its "mosque-raking" mass surveillance of Muslim New Yorkers."
Zohran Mamdani intends to implement a $1 billion Department of Community Safety to handle non-emergency 911 calls and reduce armed police responses. Mamdani asked Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch to remain temporarily, but their views diverge sharply on policy, geopolitics, and policing. The NYPD operates a vast technical surveillance and intelligence apparatus that expanded after 9/11 and rivals a midsize country's capabilities. The department's Intelligence Division has ties to CIA personnel and controversial programs that targeted Muslim New Yorkers. Surveillance data now feed federal immigration enforcement, elevating stakes for oversight and civil liberties in the city.
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