Tisch, 43, the Harvard-educated scion of a wealthy New York family, has worked for the city for 16 years, holding leadership roles in several agencies. As sanitation commissioner, she became TikTok famous when she declared in 2022, “The rats don’t run the city, we do.”

Ms. Tisch, a member of a prominent New York family who has held several positions in city government, will take over the nation’s largest police department.

New York City’s Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch will become the city’s new police commissioner, Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday.