Jessica Tisch apologizes for brother’s remarks about Zohran Mamdani

New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani stated Thursday that NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch personally apologized to his workforce after her brother described him as an “enemy” of the Jewish folks throughout a high-profile charity dinner in Manhattan on Wednesday evening.

Throughout his Cocoa Chat group assembly, Mamdani emphasised that the apology had been acquired and that he intends to control for all New Yorkers.

“The commissioner has apologized to my workforce for these feedback, and I stay up for being mayor for each New Yorker, together with Jewish New Yorkers,” Mamdani stated.

He emphasised that the incident is not going to disrupt his working relationship with Tisch, whom he has retained as police commissioner regardless of disagreements over coverage.

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Newly elected Mayor Mamdani responded to feedback made by Benjamin Tisch, brother of NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, at a Group Cocoa occasion on Thursday. (Getty Photos)

“My focus in my conversations with Commissioner Tisch is on delivering public security together with justice for New Yorkers throughout the 5 boroughs,” he stated. “The apology was one which she conveyed to the workforce. I appreciated it, and my focus is again on delivering.”

In a press release to Fox Information Digital, NYPD spokesperson Brad Weekes shared the commissioner’s message:

“I perceive the worry within the Jewish group. My honest perception is that the newly elected mayor will fulfill the promise he made to be mayor for all New Yorkers, together with the Jewish group.”

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NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch will proceed to guide the division. (Jeenah Maan/Reuters)

The apology got here after Tisch’s brother, Benjamin Tisch, the billionaire CEO of Loews Company, used his feedback on the Met Council’s annual gala to label Mamdani as an “enemy” of the Jewish folks, in accordance with two attendees who spoke to the Met Council. Daily news from New York.

Witnesses to the gala – which was held on the Mandarin Oriental Lodge in Manhattan – known as the second stunning, particularly since Commissioner Tisch just lately agreed to stay on the helm of the NYPD underneath Mamdani’s new administration.

One attendee instructed the Every day Information that the viewers reacted in surprised silence: “It was identical to, ‘Wow, he is actually going there.'” Benjamin Tisch has not but publicly commented on the incident.

Newly elected Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks with members of the media at Flushing Meadows Corona Park within the Queens borough of New York on Wednesday, November 5, 2025. (Adam Grey/Bloomberg through Getty Photos)

Mamdani, a democratic socialist and outspoken critic of Israel, has repeatedly rejected accusations that his views on Israel are anti-Semitic.

Members of the broader Tisch household have donated greater than $1 million to tremendous PACs opposing Mamdani within the 2025 mayoral race and supporting former Governor Andrew Cuomo, in accordance with the NY Every day Information. Commissioner Tisch didn’t make a donation.

Final month, Mamdani instructed the NY Every day Information: “We is not going to shrink back from disagreeing on sure points… however I additionally imagine that these disagreements should not solely suitable, but additionally the signal of a wholesome partnership to return.”

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The flare-up comes simply weeks earlier than Mamdani’s inauguration on January 1.

Newly elected Mayor Mamdani and a consultant for Benjamin Tisch didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.