Mamdani gets cold shoulder from Rep. Espaillat as NYPD boss Tisch forces smileduring awkward appearance

Mayor Zohran Mamdani got the cold shoulder from Rep.Adriano Espaillat — as Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch forced a smile during an awkward press appearance Friday, body language experts said.Espaillat — who lost  the Democratic primary last month after Mamdani backed his far-left challenger — snubbed the mayor while taking the podium at an NYPD security briefing about the National Dominican Republic Day Parade.“Thank you, commissioner,” Espaillat said, warmly acknowledging Tisch, who was spotted putting her hand on his shoulder and exchanging a look with the outgoing congressman before the news conference started.“And thank you to the New York City Police Department.

Chief Ramolez, Chief Rivera.I know them both, and I know the great work that they did both in Northern Manhattan and the Bronx,” Espaillat said — while failing to mention Mamdani.“I started my public service career as president of the 34th precinct community council back in the ’80s, when crack ravaged northern Manhattan,” Espaillat, the first Dominican American politician in Congress, said. “I know firsthand the great work that the police department has done, the men and women of the police department have done throughout the years.”The 34-year-old democratic socialist mayor— who wasn’t yet alive in the 1980s — stood stiffly next to the 71-year-old five-term congressman with a strained smile.Espaillat added that he was there to “express my full support to the police department,” which Mamdani sharply criticized before taking office.As the two men crossed paths on stage, they did not make eye contact or acknowledge each other, experts said.“Both are trying to avoid each other.  Mamdani looks down. Espaillat doesn’t try to engage him either,” Body Language Expert and Behavior Analyst Traci Brown, who viewed footage of the interaction, told The Post.Tisch, who has clashed with Mamdani over traditional policing measures, also stood awkwardly next to ...