The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force has opened an inquiry into a series of voice-mails sent to Mamdani’s office, including one making a car-bomb threat.

Zohran Mamdani is a Democratic Socialist lawmaker from Queens, known for his strong advocacy on housing, immigrant rights, and racial justice. Born to Ugandan-Indian parents, he’s one of the few Muslim lawmakers in New York politics, which makes the Islamophobic nature of the threats even more concerning.

The NYPD has launched a hate crimes investigation into allegations that a man threatened to blow up mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s car, according to police officials and a recording