Jessica Tisch

“the federal Safer Skies Act, which was passed by Congress in December and went into effect in July”

“NYPD cops will patrol the tournament grounds 24 hours a day beginning on Sunday – a week earlier than in the past”

“Concrete barriers will be installed along the perimeter of the Citi Field-adjacent grounds, and more than 100 light towers will be erected across the complex”

“for years now, Jewish New Yorkers have accounted for roughly half of the city’s confirmed hate-crime victims, despite making up approximately 10% of its population.”

“As of August, hate crimes against Jewish New Yorkers so far this year increased 8.5% — with a concerning 53.3% increase in antisemitic hate crimes in July 2026 compared to July 2025.”

“And as Police Commissioner, you have my word that behind that commitment stand 35,000 members of the NYPD willing to risk their own lives for people they have never met, supported by the most robust …”

“But I wanted to emphasize, there are no known specific or credible threats to this year’s celebrations,” she said. “Our intelligence division, our joint terrorism task force, and our counterterrorism…”

“Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch launched that crackdown last year to stem the rising tide of deadly e-bike lawlessness”

“We cannot tolerate these vehicles speeding through traffic, running red lights, ignoring stop signs, driving on the sidewalk and careening through crosswalks”

“injuring four innocent bystanders”