Ishan Daya also withdrew from a ward committeeman race in December 2023, after a video circulated on social media of him ...

Ishan Daya apologized for tearing down the poster in 2023, whose wording he also called “racist and dehumanizing.” ...

There was turmoil as one of Mayor Brandon Johnson's appointments to a high-profile working group stepped down just hours ...

Alderman Debra Silverstein said mayor's decision to appoint Ishan Daya “to a leadership position in Chicago is a deliberate ...

The mayor's working group, led by Loop Capital CEO Jim Reynolds, includes business executives, union lobbyists, civic leaders ...

Brandon Johnson’s move, one in a pattern that has alienated Jewish constituents, is drawing fierce backlash from the city’s ...

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 of 20 ...

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 ...

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.