Exclusive | NYC teacher praised Oct. 7 mastermind in Park Slope Food Coop group chat, lawsuit says: Long live Yahya Al-Sinwar
A Brooklyn teacher brazenly posted, “Long live Yahya al-Sinwar’’ in a group chat, according to a new legal filing.Now he’s under investigation by city education officials.Damien Neva, 48, a washed-up fashion photographer-turned-public-school teacher in, praised the heinous Hamas leader, who was the architect of the Oct.7, 2023, massacre in Israel, in November 2024, according to a lawsuit related to the Park Slope Food Coop.“Long live Yahya Al-Sinwar,” Neva said in a Signal group of other anti-Israel members of the co-op, according to the lawsuit.Neva, who was described in the legal filing as a leader of the boycott movement, also said, “That lot does not have the votes to block our campaign” — referring to the pro-Israel and Jewish members.Jewish members of the grocery coop sued last week after the board voted to ban Israeli goods — following a rancorous years-long fight.Neva became a teacher at PS 77 in well-heeled Park Slope this year because of an “enforced career change,” according to a now-deleted post on his social media.Before becoming an educator, he was a photographer, videographer and social-media director at Next Management, which has repped major names including Karlie Kloss and Kate Upton.During an interview with the Business of Fashion outlet, he said he advised incoming models about best practices in using social media.
He also worked at Ford Modeling and Calvin Klein.Neva’s social media included a post of a sticker with Israel on it being shredded, another showing the Star of David painted over the Statue of Liberty and a post comparing Warsaw in 1944 to Palestine in 2024.When The Post attempted to reach Neva for comment at his Brooklyn home Sunday, he called the police on the reporter.“Meet Damien Neva, a newly hired teacher at Brooklyn’s PSK77,” the group StopAntisemitism said.“Neva reportedly posted ‘Long live Yahya al-Sinwar,’ praising the former Hamas leader and architect of the October 7 massacre.His soci...