NYPD Investigating Threats Against Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani

Police are investigating alleged anti-Muslim threats against New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) said on Thursday.

The NYPD said it received a report on June 18 that Mamdani had received four voicemail messages containing “threatening anti-Muslim statements” from an unknown individual.

The case is currently being investigated by the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force. The department said the voicemails were made on various dates, and no arrests have been made so far.

Mamdani, a Ugandan-born Muslim citizen and assembly member, is one of the candidates in the Democratic mayoral primary. The primary election is scheduled for June 24.

“It takes a toll to wake up in the morning and read messages that say things like… I get messages that say: ‘The only good Muslim is a dead Muslim.’ I get threats on my life, on the people that I love,” he said on a video posted on X.

The Epoch Times has sought comment from Mamdani’s campaign but did not receive a response by publication time.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is also running in the mayoral primary, issued a statement denouncing what he called “an atrocious threat of political violence” against Mamdani.

“It is unacceptable — I strongly condemn these threats and any others like them. This has no place in our politics or our society,” Cuomo stated. “This is a pivotal time in this country and we need to tone down the rhetoric and focus on the people’s agenda.”

Rights advocates have raised concerns about rising hate against Muslims and Jews amid conflict in the Middle East.

In another incident, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) said in a video message on Thursday that he filed a police report after allegedly being “run off the road” in Rocky River, Ohio, by a man with a Palestinian flag.

“This morning, as I was driving to work, some unhinged, deranged man decided to lay on his horn and run me off the road when he couldn’t get my attention to show me a Palestinian flag. Not to mention death to Israel, death to me—that he wanted to kill me and my family,” Miller said.

Miller, who is a Jewish American, described the incident as “blatant antisemitic violence.”

It remains unclear whether any arrests have been made in connection with the incident. The Rocky River Police Department did not return a request for comment by publication time.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) said they strongly condemn the threats targeting Miller.

“The rise in political violence in this country is unacceptable,” the lawmakers said in a joint statement. “This is a moment of crisis that requires Congress to act decisively in order to ensure the safety of every single Member who serves in the People’s House.”

Reuters contributed to this report.