Don’t blame COVID for a sick rise in crime.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Monday blamed criminal justice reforms passed by ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo for a pandemic-era spike in crime — while ripping the idea of President Trump sending the National Guard to the Big Apple.

Tisch jumped in when the moderator at an otherwise cordial Citizens Budget Commission breakfast kicked off the Midtown event by implying that crime in the city rose because of disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak. 3

“It really gets me when people say that,” Tisch said. “The pandemic was tied with drastic changes in our criminal justice laws that happened to take effect Jan. 1, 2020 — the whole time during the pandemic.

“In my opinion, crime went up as a result of the drastic changes we see in our crim

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