A Texas man on Thursday was arraigned in Queens, New York, on charges of making death threats toward Democrat Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the party’s nominee for mayor of New York City.
Jeremy Fistel, 44, of Plano, Texas, faces 22 total counts related to voicemails and written messages sent to Mamdani, according to The New York Times, including four counts of making a terroristic threat, four counts of making a terroristic threat as a hate crime, and seven counts of second-degree aggravated harassment as a hate crime.
Fistel allegedly sent numerous messages to the Mamdani campaign’s district office in Queens, calling the candidate a “terrorist” who is “not welcome in New York or America” and warning Mamdani to be careful when starting his car.
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