Bondi appeared publicly at Brooklyn Federal Court on Monday before the meeting with Tisch.
The meeting comes as the Trump administration keeps flexing the federal muscle of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., with the president threatening to send the Guard to other large cities, including Chicago, framing the actions as a crackdown on crime.
Violent crime is also down in Chicago in the last four years, and the governor of Illinois says National Guard troops aren't needed.
"This is about Donald Trump searching for any justification to deploy the military in a blue city, in a blue state, to try and intimidate his political rivals," Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said.
The cities with the highest violent crime rates are in red states: St. Louis and New Orleans. They have Democratic mayors, but are in states with Republican governors, and it is governors that can decide whether to deploy National Guard troops.
On Monday, ABC News' Rachel Scott asked the president if he would consider sending them to cities with high crime in red states.
"Sure. But there aren't that many of them. If you look at the top 25 cities for crime, just about every one of those cities is run by Democrats," President Donald Trump said.
Trump signed an executive order at the White House Monday to create a specialized National Guard unit that could be deployed to assist local law enforcement in other cities
He also signed an order that would strip federal funding from states and cities that use cashless bail, which is a system that allows people to be released from jail while awaiting trial based on their promise that they'll appear in court, rather than by paying a cash amount. That also involves Bondi, who will have 30 days to create a list of jurisdictions that have eliminated it.
Supporters say many low-income people can't afford to post bond while Others say it's a risk to public safety.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday called it reckless to withhold federal funds, saying it would only undercut law enforcement and make communities less safe.
In the nation's capital, National Guard troops have been deployed, not to high crime areas of Washington, D.C., but instead to places like national monuments and train stations.
"They're armed, capable of defending themselves and others, if need be, supporting law enforcement," U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said.
Tisch says the NYPD doesn't need that kind of support, telling Bondi the city can police itself. According to a source, the two also discussed drones.
The commissioner has made no secret that the NYPD would like the authority to take down drones suspected in criminal activity, authority only the federal government currently has.
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