Overview

• An unidentified caller left at least four voicemails since March threatening to bomb Mamdani’s car and urging him and his family to leave New York.
• The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force opened its investigation on June 19 after a particularly violent message on June 18 labeled Mamdani a “terrorist” in expletive-filled anti-Muslim rhetoric.
• Although Mamdani does not own a vehicle, his campaign has described the threats as alarming and is fully cooperating with police.
• Campaign officials have hired private security after the surge in death threats and are taking all available precautions.
• Rival candidates Andrew Cuomo and Brad Lander publicly condemned the Islamophobic threats as unacceptable acts of political violence.