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Mayor Zohran Mamdani has inserted radical anti-police and anti-Israel members to the Panel for Education Policy, including one who is pushing public schools to have segreagated racism-reflection rooms, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n

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Among Mamdani\u2019s 13 picks for the agency is race-obsessed former Department of Education official Lucas Koehler, head of the $500 million endowment for the Foundation for City College. <\/p>\n

Koehler \u2014 who is white \u2014 pushed his agency to \u201cdismantle white dominant culture\u201d and supported segregated spaces in city classrooms for non-white educators to reflect on their purported anti-black racism.<\/p>\n

The \u201cseparate spaces for white people and non-black people of color\u201d would be used \u201cto interrogate their own internalized anti-black racism and unlearn white dominant behaviors without causing harm to black colleagues,\u201d reads a statement Koehler endorsed during his DOE tenure from the Division of Early Childhood Education Antiracism Coalition, extremism watchdog Canary Mission found.<\/p>\n

Koehler, who worked for the DOE from 2014-2022, also called on the agency to sever all ties with the NYPD and said that cops pose a \u201cthreat\u201d to minority students, as part of the letter he signed on to.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to the threat in-school police pose to black and brown children and their families, the funding allocated to the NYPD necessarily keeps money away from the social services that keep children safe and secure, and therefore better able to learn and grow,\u201d the statement from the DECE antiracism coalition read.<\/p>\n

Another radical anti-cop pick for the board is Raysa S. Rodriguez, who heads the Citizens Committee for Children, a group that has repeatedly called to defund the police.<\/p>\n

Read more Mamdani gets cold shoulder from Rep. Espaillat \u2014 as NYPD boss Tisch forces smile\u00a0during awkward appearance<\/a><\/p>\n

The CCC called for the NYPD to stop issuing quality-of-life violations and for the City Council to reject funding a $225 million NYPD training facility in Queens. <\/p>\n

Another pick Mamdani placed on the board is Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center alum Dr. Madeline \u201cMaddy\u201d Fox, who signed a letter accusing Israel of genocide and denying the existence of widespread antisemitism on college campuses.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no rampant crisis of antisemitism on our campuses, despite prolonged attempts by the current administration to persuade the public that there is one,\u201d read the 2025 letter, signed by Jewish faculty at CUNY, Berkley and Georgetown.<\/p>\n

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The letter went on to accuse the Trump administration of \u201cIslamaphobia\u201d for its attempts to combat antisemitism. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis\u00a0campaign of repression and censorship, including deportation and detention, is evidence of an Islamophobic and racist campaign against political dissent,\u201d the letter said. <\/p>\n

The PEP\u2019s 24-member board approves contracts for the Department of Education \u2014 which boasts a $45 billion budget, sets policies and manages school closures. <\/p>\n

Read more Ex-NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom claims he\u2019s entering 2027 WNBA Draft in wake of Sophie Cunningham drama<\/a><\/p>\n

Of the board\u2019s 23 voting members, 13 are picked by the mayor. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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