Anthony White had reportedly struggled with psychiatric issues.
White's badly decomposed body was found floating in the river near 145th Street in Manhattan on Wednesday, according to The New York Times.
Black was employed by the city as a special-education teacher and then librarian before losing his job in 2015. He was then arrested and charged with bank fraud, according to the New York Times report.
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