er at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. REUTERS

Hicks' precedessor, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, thanked the commissioner - whom he referred to as  Wonder Woman  - for giving him the opportunity to serve as NYPD co-chief chaplain and said she was doing  a splendid job. 

Lynda Carter, the actress who originated the  Wonder Woman  role on the classic 1970s TV show, was also among the attendees - but not even the DC Comics heroine's famous Lasso of Truth could get a word out of Mamdani, who did not address the gathering and whose office had no immediate comment on Tisch's jokes.

Tisch and the NYPD came under fire following the department's response to anti-ICE protests that broke out over the Oct. 8 shooting by federal agents of illegal migrant and suspected gang member Oscar Belgal in the Marble Hill section of The Bronx.

Allies of Mamdani, like soon-to-be congresswoman Darializa Avila Chevalier, have called for Tisch to step down or be removed as well as for the disbanding of the NYPD's elite Strategic Response Group - wrongly accusing cops of violating NYC's sanctuary city laws that bar officers from assisting ICE.