Overview

• The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating four voicemails left at Mamdani’s Queens office that combined anti-Muslim slurs with a specific car bomb threat
• The expletive-laden messages referenced an Israeli strike on Hezbollah, warned Mamdani to “check your beeper” and threatened violence against his family
• Mamdani’s campaign has hired extra security and is fully cooperating as the investigation remains open with no arrests made so far
• Fellow candidates Andrew Cuomo and Brad Lander condemned the threats, urging a de-escalation of hateful rhetoric in the mayoral contest
• Separately, Mamdani has faced backlash for declining to denounce the slogan “globalize the intifada,” a stance that has strained alliances on the campaign trail