NYC Sanitation Chief Jessica Tisch seeks $13M for her Upper East Side duplex

Rich Calder
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Jessica Tisch, exterior and interior of 9 east 79th
NYC Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch is looking to sell a posh duplex co-op she owns on the Upper East Side for $13 million.
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NYC Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch is looking to clean up — on her posh three-bedroom Upper East Side duplex.

She and venture-capitalist husband Dan Levine have put their co-op at 9 East 79th St. up for sale for a cool $13 million.

Tisch’s co-op at 9 East 79th St. includes a grand living room and is being marketed at $13 million. City Realty
Tisch’s co-op at 9 East 79th St. includes a grand living room and is being marketed at $13 million. City Realty
The co-op’s kitchen includes dual refrigerators, a Viking stove and marble floors. City Realty
The co-op’s kitchen includes dual refrigerators, a Viking stove and marble floors. City Realty

It includes a formal dining room with vistas of Central Park, five bathrooms and a chef’s kitchen, according to a listing posted Tuesday.

It is among eight co-ops in a spacious, nearly century-old 15-story building off Fifth Avenue.

Under the co-op’s rules, purchases can’t be financed and must be paid for in cash.

The apartment also comes with jaw-dropping $14,962 monthly maintenance fee.

Tisch and venture-capitalist husband Dan Levine paid $8 million for the duplex apartment in 2011. It includes a sweeping staircase to private bedrooms on the second floor. City Realty
Tisch and venture-capitalist husband Dan Levine paid $8 million for the duplex apartment in 2011. It includes a sweeping staircase to private bedrooms on the second floor. City Realty
The 4,000-square-foot space offers plenty of light and scenic views of Central Park. City Realty
The 4,000-square-foot space offers plenty of light and scenic views of Central Park. City Realty

Tisch, an heiress whose family owns Loews Corp. and co-owns the New York Giants, and her hubby paid $8 million for the 4,000-square-foot space in 2011, when they bought it from Jessica’s billionaire parents, James and Merryl Tisch, records show.

Tisch first entered city government in 2008, when she began working in the NYPD’s counterterrorism unit.

In April 2022, Mayor Eric Adams appointed Tisch, 43, to her $243,171-a-year job as Sanitation Commissioner.

Tisch’s co-op is among the eight at tony 9 East 79th Street. Michael Nagle
Tisch’s co-op is among the eight at tony 9 East 79th Street. Michael Nagle

Tisch declined to discuss why she’s selling the pad, but was more than willing to discuss her job performance.

“You’re right that we’re moving – moving towards a cleaner city for every single New Yorker by emptying litter baskets 50,000 times more per week than before, cleaning the highways for the first time, and, perhaps most exciting of all, enacting a plan to containerize all trash across the five boroughs,” she said.

The news of Tisch and Levine putting the co-op up for sale was first reported by Crain’s New York Business.