Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch sings praises of NYPD’s gang database that Mamdani is intent on abolishing

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch touted the NYPD’s gang database as key in combating the rising gang violence in the Bronx — a tool that Democratic frontrunner Zohran Mamdani has vowed to abolish.

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“We know who the people are and are going after them,” she added on 1010 Wins Wednesday morning.

Zohran Mamdani seen speaking at an event in NYC.Stephen Yang for the New York Post

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During the primary, the socialist lawmaker from Queens doubled down during a series of forums.

Flanked by Mayor Eric Adams, fresh off his birthday jaunt to Florida, Tisch played down recent shootings as outliers.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch praised the NYPD’s gang database.William Farrington
A reputed gang member is arrested in NYC.Paul Martinka

“Our shooting incidents in the borough of the Bronx are down 20%,” she said, adding, “The shootings in the borough of the Bronx is trending down.”

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“We’re clear that some of these high-profile shootings with multiple victims, it just creates a feeling of unsafe and we have been focusing on that,” he said. “But the numbers don’t lie, the city is still the safest big city in the country.”

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