Investigation underway at NYC high school after students target pro-Israel teacher

NEW YORK — An investigation is underway at Hillcrest High School, where an undetermined number of students have been suspended after storming the hallways to target a Jewish teacher who had attended a pro-Israel rally, education officials announced Monday. The episode was blasted by Schools Chancellor David Banks at a later afternoon press conference as “completely unacceptable.” Mayor Eric Adams said the event was motivated by “ignorance-fueled hatred.” An estimated 400 teens in Queens flooded the Hillcrest corridors Nov. 20 to protest the staffer, who shared a photo of herself online at a de...