Jessica Tisch
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- Oct 13
Mamdani orders review of NYPD use-of-force policies after progressive pressure
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday, 12 October 2026, ordered the NYPD to review how officers use force against civilians, the first such review in a decade. The move followed criticism over an officer who retired before a disciplinary trial over a fatal shooting.
- Sep 1
Two dead after knife attack in New York Times Square leads to police shooting
A 49-year-old woman stabbed two pedestrians in New York's Times Square on Monday afternoon before being fatally shot by police officers outside an NYPD substation.
- Jul 26
Netanyahu accuses NYC Mayor Mamdani of 'fomenting hate' after arrest call, plans UN visit
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani of 'fomenting hate' in a Fox News interview on Sunday, linking the mayor's call for his arrest under an International Criminal Court warrant to the stabbing of a Jewish man on the Upper West Side two days earlier.
- Jul 24
NYPD investigates double stabbing near Central Park as possible hate crime; suspect yelled 'Allahu Akbar'
A 51-year-old man was arrested after allegedly stabbing an Asian man and a Jewish man on Manhattan's Upper West Side, yelling 'Allahu Akbar' before both attacks, police said.
