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Ishan Daya also withdrew from a ward committeeman race in December 2023, after a video circulated on social media of him ripping down an Israeli hostage poster.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appointee Ishan Daya stepped down after being named to a city role amid a controversy offending the Jewish community.
Ishan Daya was one of 20 appointees to Johnson’s new Chicago Fiscal Sustainability Working Group. His website identifies him as a community organizer focused on public safety and mental health.
(JTA) — A man appointed to an advisory committee by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has stepped down amid outcry over a 2023 video of him tearing down Israeli hostage posters. Ishan Daya was one ...
Ishan Daya, a former candidate for 32nd Ward Democratic committeeman, was one of about 20 Chicagoans who agreed to join a mayoral task force to brainstorm fiscal and revenue solutions ahead of ...
Alderwoman Silverstein reacted to Mayor Johnson's appointment of Ishan Daya, co-director of the Institute for the Public Good, to the Chicago Fiscal Sustainability Working Group.
Ishan Daya apologized for tearing down the poster in 2023, whose wording he also called “racist and dehumanizing.” ...
JTA — A man appointed to an advisory committee by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson recently stepped down amid outcry over a 2023 video of him tearing down Israeli hostage posters. Ishan Daya was ...