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New York City socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is reportedly considering former Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman as his choice to lead the city’s schools despite Bowman’s controversial track record on a variety of issues.
Bowman could become the New York City Chancellor of Schools if Mamdani were to become mayor in November, in a position where he will oversee more than 1,000 schools with almost a million students, the New York Post reported last month.
Bowman, a progressive Democrat and former member of “The Squad” in Congress, once called standardized testing in public schools a “form of modern-day slavery” when he was serving as a Bronx public school principal in 2015.
“Slavery, Jim Crow, redlining, crack cocaine and now standardized testing were all … designed to destroy the mind, body and soul of black and brown people,” Bowman said.
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Zohran Mamdani is reportedly considering Jamaal Bowman to run New York City public schools (AP;Getty)
According to a New York Post report on Friday, Bowman operated a radical public school without a license for about two years.
Bowman, who gained national notoriety in 2023 for pulling a fire alarm in Congress in the middle of a dramatic House floor vote which led to him being censured, has drawn heated criticism in recent years for controversial anti-Israel comments.
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NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani briefly speaks with reporters as he leaves the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 16, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (hoto by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Bowman has defended the pro-Palestine chant “From the river to the sea,” which many in the Jewish community view as a call to eradicate Israel.
He has been a staunch critic of Israel, especially since the start of its ongoing war with…
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