QUEENS, New York (WABC) -- A Texas man was arraigned in a Queens courtroom after allegedly making death threats against New York City mayoral candidate and Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani.

Jeremy Fistel, 44, was arrested in Plano, Texas, last week and was ordered to appear in court.

At least four threats were left via voicemail in the assemblyman's Queens office and included Islamophobic statements, his campaign said.

Fistel was arraigned on a 22-count indictment charging him with four counts of making a terroristic threat as a hate crime, four counts of making a terroristic threat, seven counts of aggravated harassment in the second degree as a hate crime and seven counts of aggravated harassment in the second degree.

The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigated multiple death threa

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