Texas Man Is Charged With Making Threats Against Mamdani
A Texas man was charged in Queens on Thursday with threatening Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the case.
The man, Jeremy Fistel, 44, was extradited from Plano, Texas, by New York police officers and brought to the city on Wednesday to face charges of making a terroristic threat and aggravated harassment, according to the official, who was not authorized to discuss the case and asked for anonymity.
The law enforcement official said that the charges were the result of threats made in June, when Mr. Mamdani’s campaign said he received a string of profane voice mail messages at his district office in Queens.
In one, the man called Mr. Mamdani, who would be New York City’s first Muslim mayor if elected, a “terrorist” who was “not welcome in New York or America,” according to audio provided by the campaign. The caller said he should be careful starting a car.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-threat-nyc-mayor.html
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