News about David Banks

Agents stormed the homes of First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright (left with Mayor Eric Banks) and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks (right) at 5am on Wednesday.

In this episode, Caroline and Jack bring you the conclusion to the trial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon - which has ended with the jury being discharged. They discuss what this means for the defendants and speak to media law expert David Banks about what happens next.

Anti-Semitism within middle and high schools is on the rise by 'marxist' educators - and it's getting so bad Congress is now stepping in.  The spread of anti-Jewish sentiment is being perpetrated as pro-Palestinian demonstrations take over college campuses nationwide. And it's not just spreading on college campuses, children as young as kindergarten are now being impacted. 

Put away the hangover and put on your panic boots; the weekend can't come. There are no deaths or injuries. There is no evidence that the property has been damaged. MAXIMUM – a hysterical mania. President Biden had been 'briefed' of the incident, despite the scramble of the fighter jets on the front page, and we learned it. Then came the cable news disaster. This rumble was the largest the East coast had seen since 1884, according to Fox News' weather girl, who spoke to us in her best crisis voice. 'Well, before any of us were really alive to feel that,' she said, sounding unsure.

Principal Scott Milczewski resigned from Hillcrest High School after raucous student demonstrations against a teacher who attended a pro-Israel rally. Students erupted in the halls, shouting and waving Palestine flags after finding that a teacher had attended a demonstration in support of Israel. Many of the nearly 400 students had no idea what was going on, according to New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks.' A week later, the teacher returned to work but said she was'shaken' by the 'calls to violence' against her.

Last week, a staff member at a high school in Queens was compelled to sit in her classroom as 400 students marched through the hallways waving Palestinian flags, shouting pro-Palestine assistance, and bouncing around. The rowdy protests were caught on camera, which came after videos of the Jewish teacher attending a pro-Israel rally surfaced. The Hillcrest High School teacher returned to school just one week after the horrific experience, which left her fearing for her safety. On her return to the classroom, the educator sought to make peace with the students by allowing them to ask questions and being transparent with her answers.

Despite calls for him to be suspended from Gotham Tech High School, New York City public school teacher Mohammad Jehad Ahmad (left) has defended publishing anti-Israel tweets and a pro-Hamas paraglider photograph. Ahmad said he will continue to 'stand by everything I said' (inset) after he mocked Jews who took issue with his stance and branded NYC's public schools chancellor David Banks a 'white supremacist imperialist scumbag' for condemning the Hamas attack of October 7

The glider-image was posted on Facebook by Mohammad Jehad Ahmad, a math teacher at Gotham Tech High School in Queens, over the weekend. On October 7th, he had already slammed NYC public schools chancellor David Banks for condemning Hamas' attack on Israel and declared that Israel is a "terror state" that upholds white supremacy.

A mother from New York has shared how she gets $84,000 a year to finance her son's private education. Oscar, Melissa Petro's five-year-old son, has ADHD, generalized anxiety, and signs of pathological demand avoidance. Two years ago, his spirited conduct resulted in expulsion from his Hudson Valley public school.

Chancellor David Banks of New York promoted Tracey Collins, the first-girlfriend of the Banks' mother, to a top position at the Department of Education only months after Adams appointed Banks' girlfriend as a deputy mayor. Tracey Collins, a long-serving Adams, has been given the position of'senior advisor to the deputy chancellor of school leadership,' the bank announced.' Her new position began in July and saw a significant 33% increase, boosting her public salary to $221,597. Sheena Wright, the Banks' girlfriend, was appointed deputy mayor by Adams in December. Based on what NYC deputy mayors made in fiscal year 2021, she pulls in $251,982.