Busted in Boro Park journo beat

Controversial New York City Council candidate Harold “Heshy” Tischler was taken into custody Sunday night for the Wednesday night attack on an Orthodox Jewish reporter in Brooklyn — a full day before his planned surrender to the NYPD.

Cops picked up Tischler at a residence in Brooklyn. He’s expected to be charged with inciting a riot and unlawful imprisonment.

On Friday, Tischler tweeted that he’d turn himself into police Monday morning for the alleged attack on Jewish Insider reporter, Jacob Kornbluh.

But the NYPD chose not to wait or take him at his word: On Sunday, members of the Warrant Squad picked him up.

In a video posted to Twitter, Tischler (inset) can be seen arguing with the officers, telling them that he and the NYPD “had a deal.”

“I don’t know what happened. This is above us,” an officer says, off screen, and Tischler responds, “You’re coming to arrest me now ... I told you they were going to trick me. I called. I even spoke to the chief. They tricked me. They ’re telling everybody that I was supposed to be arrested tomorrow.”

He then tells someone off- screen, “He’s going to hit me now ... watch. watch.”

About 100 of Tischler’s supporters gathered outside the 66th Precinct stationhouse Sunday night, but police said had already been moved to Central Booking before they arrived.

Kornbluh declined to comment Sunday night.

In the Wednesday violence, Kornbluh was reporting on a Borough Park demonstration when he was surrounded by a mob protesting coronavirus restrictions.

Kornbluh has said he was hit about the head and kicked during the confrontation.

On Friday, Tischler also apologized for a video that showed him calling the mayor’s wife, Chirlane McCray, a “retard woman” and a “kurva,” which means whore in Yiddish.