Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch demurred Saturday when asked if she’d run for mayor in four years.
“I’m not a politician. I’m a public servant,” said Tisch, 44, who received a rousing welcome from the roughly 100 people at the Southampton hotspot 75 Main, per an attendee who called her reception “tremendous.”
“People think she’s doing a terrific job as police commissioner,” the source said.
The commissioner, who was introduced at the breakfast by First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro, spoke for nearly 30 minutes minutes and touched on of Gotham-centric topics.
She said she opposed President Trump bringing in the National Guard or troops to patrol New York City.
“Violent crime is at record lows,” Tisch said as she cited Gotham’s low murder rate this year, among other stats,
“The NYPD is the best police department, the best trained,” she added.
She called the anti-Israel protests in the city “vile and disgusting” but added that the NYPD has to respect “freedom of speech.”
And she said she loves her job as police commissioner as she did her prior stint as sanitation commissioner to devise ways to make the city cleaner.
The roughly 100 attendees were either backers of former Governor Andrew Cuomo or Mayor Eric Adams, but mostly had frontrunner Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani on their mind.
“People are grappling with how to deal with Mamdani,” the source said.
The breakfast series is co-hosted by WABC radio owner and grocery mogul John Catsimatidis
Her father, James Tisch, also attended.
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