Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday that longtime public servant Jessica Tisch will be the next NYPD permanent commissioner.
Tisch, the city's sanitation commissioner and NYPD veteran, will start his new job on Monday, the mayor said.
“I believe we need a full-time leader who is dedicated to increasing this speed and keeping us safe every minute of every day,” he said.
“We need people who will lead the police force into the next century.”
The surprise appointment, made at a news conference focused on restoring budget cuts, comes months after New York's last standing chair, Edward Caban, resigned shortly after a raid on his home by federal agents in September. It will end uncertainty in the upper echelons of the city police department.
The Post reported last month that she had emerged as the frontrunner to take over the job.
Tom Donlon, a former FBI official who took over as interim director after Kavan's resignation, quickly found himself in turmoil.
In addition to federal authorities searching his home for decades-old documents, he also appeared in high-profile public appearances with newly installed NYPD Chief of Staff Tariq Shepard during a photo shoot for the New York City Marathon. We got into an argument.
Tisch, who had previously been considered for the chief's post, will become the second woman to lead the NYPD.
