Banks’ resignation coincides with a wave of federal investigations involving Mayor Eric Adams and his administration.
The chancellor of the public school system in New York City, David C. Banks, announced on Tuesday that he would leave his position at the end of December.
The news, which was made just a few weeks after federal agents confiscated Mr. Banks’ phone in connection with a bribery probe involving his brothers and fiancée, threatened to destabilize not only the biggest school system in the country but also a mayoral administration that was already under fire from at least four federal corruption investigations.
The resignation of the city’s top lawyer, the police commissioner, and the health commissioner, who announced his intention to leave office at the end of the year, have all occurred within the last two weeks, making the chancellor of schools the fourth high-ranking official to leave Mayor Eric Adams’s administration.
