Hochul won’t commit to stopping Mamdani from removing police commish from disciplinary process

Gov. Kathy Hochul refused to push back on mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani’s pledge to remove the city’s top cop from police disciplinary proceedings — even after she claimed her endorsement came with a nod she would help to hold the line for New York’s finest.

Hochul claimed she’d “talk about it” with the democratic socialist she is backing to become the Big Apple’s next mayor as Mamdani wants to hand discipline power to a civilian board that oversees NYPD complaints.

“As it comes to specific proposals on any restructuring that’s necessary, we’ll talk about it,” Hochul said.

Mamdani said last week that he wants to give the city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board final say over how to penalize cops accused of misconduct, stripping the power currently in the hands of the police commissioner.

The 15-member body is made up of one-third appointees solely by the mayor. The rest of the panel is picked by the City Council, public advocate and police commissioner. The chair is chosen by the City Council and mayor.

Hochul said last month after endorsing Mamdani that she was “invited” to be part of discussions around public safety in City Jall, including the appointment of the police commissioner.

“Listen, nothing is going to happen to this city without me being aware of it and involved in it,” Hochul also told MSNBC earlier this summer.

On Wednesday, Hochul revealed that she is firmly pushing Mamdani to keep on the current NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch if he wins election in November.

“I believe that we need to have a strong police commissioner, No. 1. I have highly recommended that he retain Jessica Tisch, and if not her, then someone of that caliber, who is someone who is widely respected, who has a track record of success in keeping crime down,” Hochul said, responding to a question from The Post.

“Crime can not go up under the next administration, it just can’t. We have to let people know that that is still, no matter who is sitting in City Hall, that that is the top priority,” Hochul added.

Mamdani’s move to shake up the CCRB process has been met with a firestorm from cops, who say it’s another plank in an anti-police stance from the socialist pol.

“If Assemblyman Mamdani pursues this plan, he will prove that all his talk about ‘outreach’ to police officers is a sham – he’s running to defund the police after all,” New York Police Benefit Association President Patrick Hendry told The Post last week.