Jessica Tisch
{{Short description|New York City commissioner (born 1981)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jessica Tisch
| image = Jessica Tisch 2023.jpeg
| caption = Tisch in 2023
| office1 = 48th New York City Police Commissioner
| termstart1 = November 25, 2024
| 1blankname1 = Mayor
| 1namedata1 = Eric Adams
| preceded1 = Thomas G. Donlon
| office2 = Commissioner of the
New York City Department of Sanitation
| termstart2 = April 18, 2022
| termend2 = November 25, 2024
| 1blankname2 = Mayor
| 1namedata2 = Eric Adams
| predecessor2 = Ed Grayson
| successor2 = Javier Lojan (interim)
| office3 = Commissioner of the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications
| termend3 = January 5, 2022
| termstart3 = December 5, 2019
| 1blankname3 = Mayor
| 1namedata3 = Bill de Blasio
| preceded3 = Samir Saini
| succeeded3 = Matt Fraser
| office4 = Deputy Commissioner for Information Technology of the NYPD
| termend4 = December 5, 2019
| termstart4 = February 12, 2014
| 1blankname4 = Commissioner
| 1namedata4 = Bill Bratton
| preceded4 = James Onalfo
| succeeded4 = Richard Esposito
| birth_place =
| birth_name = Jessica Sarah Tisch
| residence = New York, New York, U.S.{{force singular}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|02|21}}
| party = Democratic
| parents = {{ubl|James S. Tisch|Merryl Tisch}}
| spouse = Daniel Levine
| children = 2
| education = Harvard University (JD, MBA)
}}
Jessica Sarah Tisch (born February 21, 1981) is an American public administrator serving as the 48th New York City Police Commissioner since November 2024. Previously, she served as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Sanitation from 2022 to 2024, as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications from 2019 to 2022, and as Deputy Commissioner for Information Technology at the New York City Police Department from 2014 to 2019.
Education and career
Tisch was born to Merryl Tisch and James S. Tisch, chief executive officer of Loews Co. She received a Bachelor of Arts in 2003 from Harvard University.{{Cite web |last=harvardgazette |date=2023-03-16 |title=Jessica Tisch loves cleaning New York, rats and all |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/03/jessica-tisch-loves-cleaning-new-york-rats-and-all/ |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=Harvard Gazette |language=en-US}} In 2008, she received a JD–MBA also from Harvard.{{Cite web |last=Trickey |first=Erick |title=A Conversation with Jessica Tisch '08 |url=https://hls.harvard.edu/today/a-conversation-with-jessica-tisch-08/ |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=Harvard Law School |language=en-us}}
File:Jessica Tisch speaking before Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.jpg Jessica Tisch briefs reporters on security measures for the 2024 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-27 |title=Transcript: Mayor Adams Briefs New Yorkers on Thanksgiving Day Parade Safety With NYPD Commissioner |url=https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/868-24/transcript-mayor-adams-briefs-new-yorkers-thanksgiving-day-parade-safety-nypd-commissioner |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=The official website of the City of New York}}]]
In 2008, Tisch began her career with the counterterrorism bureau at the New York City Police Department{{Cite web |last=Fanelli |first=James |title=How an Ivy League Police Commissioner Hunted an Ivy League Murder Suspect |url=https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/how-an-ivy-league-police-commissioner-hunted-an-ivy-league-murder-suspect-45151d29?mod=hp_lead_pos8 |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US}} and went on to hold several positions within the agency.{{cite web |last=Foderaro |first=Lisa W. |date=April 4, 2009 |title=Advancing Education, Through Work Ethic and Connections |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/05/education/05tisch.html |access-date=July 15, 2022 |newspaper=The New York Times}} In February 2014, she was appointed Deputy Commissioner for Information Technology at the city police department.{{Cite web |last=Morales |first=Mark |date=2014-02-13 |title=NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton names Jessica Tisch as deputy commissioner of information and technology |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bratton-names-jessica-tisch-nypd-deputy-commissioner-information-technology-article-1.1612727 |access-date=2022-04-18 |work=Daily News |location=New York}}
In November 2019, Tisch was appointed by mayor Bill de Blasio to serve as the Commissioner for New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunication.{{Cite press release |date=2019-12-05 |title=Mayor de Blasio Appoints Jessica Tisch as Commissioner of the Department of Information Technology a |url=http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/596-19/mayor-de-blasio-appoints-jessica-tisch-commissioner-the-department-information-technology |access-date=2022-04-18 |publisher=New York City Office of the Mayor}}
On April 18, 2022, Tisch was appointed by mayor Eric Adams as the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Sanitation.{{Cite web |last=Brosnan |first=Erica |date=2022-04-18 |title=Mayor Adams picks Jessica Tisch to lead city's Sanitation Department |url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/04/18/mayor-adams-picks-jessica-tisch-to-lead-city-s-sanitation-department |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=NY1 |language=en}}
On November 20, 2024, she was named the Commissioner of the New York Police Department.{{cite web |date=November 20, 2024 |title=Mayor Adams Appoints Jessica Tisch as NYPD Commissioner |url=https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/847-24/mayor-adams-appoints-jessica-tisch-nypd-commissioner#/0}} Tisch was sworn in as NYPD Commissioner on Monday, November 25, 2024.
Personal life
In 2006, Tisch married Daniel Zachary Levine in a ceremony that was officiated by her maternal grandfather, Rabbi Philip Hiat, at Central Synagogue in Manhattan.{{Cite news |date=2006-11-19 |title=Jessica Tisch and Daniel Levine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/19/fashion/weddings/19tisch.html |newspaper=The New York Times |page=ST17}} Tisch has two sons.{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=Dodai |date=2022-12-02 |title=The Rats Are Absolutely Going to Hate the New Sanitation Commissioner |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/nyregion/jessica-tish-new-york-sanitation-rats.html |access-date=2022-12-03 |newspaper=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
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