Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that Mayor Zohran Mamdani made the right call to stick by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, despite mounting pressure from Hizzoner’s socialist comrades.

“I support his decision to confirm that she should remain,” Hochul told reporters.

“That is a smart decision,” she added, touting Tisch’s “great strength” and success in rooting out corruption and driving crime down in the Big Apple.

“All across the state, but New York City, we just came off the safest summer in New York subway history, and it was just extraordinary the decline in crime,” the governor said.

“So, I think she’s doing well.”

Democratic incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks as she faces off against Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman, not pictured, during a debate at the Spectrum News NY1 studios in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. via REUTERSCommissioner Jessica Tisch and Mayor Zohran Mamdani attend the NYPD unveiling of a memorial wall in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. Janet Mayer/INSTARimages.com

Mamdani has butted heads with his Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) pals over Tisch’s future following the Oct. 8 shooting of an illegal immigrant gangbanger in the Bronx by ICE agents. The shooting sparked protests and renewed calls for the feds to leave the Big Apple.

Last weekend, national DSA leaders demanded that Mamdani fire Tisch and disband two elite NYPD units, calling on the lefty mayor to “use every power available to him to drive ICE out of New York City.”

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, NY Governor Kathy Hochul and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch come together in the South Bronx to announce the NYPD’s new policing of the borough by separating it into two patrol sections, Bronx South and Bronx North, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. Matthew McDermott for NY Post

The statement followed a similar call from state Senate candidate and DSA darling Illapa Sairitupac.

Mamdani has insisted that he’s sticking with Tisch, who has overseen a historic drop in violent crime in the five boroughs during her tenure at One Police Plaza.

“There is no one in my administration that I’m keeping in their position who has a time clock,” he told reporters during a Greenwich Village press conference.

“When someone is in their position, I’ve made clear there are no plans to change that — whether it’s with respect to the police commissioner, as well as with respect to any other leaders in agencies and departments across our city,” the mayor said.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani holds a press conference inside of 770 Broadway, which will become a quantum science facility, in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. Matthew McDermott for NY Post

Hochul broached the controversy during her Tuesday night debate with GOP challenger Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive — citing support for Tisch while dodging a question about her chummy relationship with Mamdani, who is not popular outside of the city.