The Queens District Attorney's office charged a Texas man on Thursday with making a "terroristic threat" as a hate crime against Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral nominee and a Queens Assembly member.

The suspect, Jeremy Fistel, 44, stands accused of allegedly leaving a series of voicemails threatening violence against Mamdani and his family on his Assembly office phone. According to the Queens DA's office, the threats began in June, while Mamdani was running in the Democratic primary, and continued through July after he won.

Specifically, Queens DA Melinda Katz alleges that Fistel told Mamdani to go back to his native country of Uganda "before somebody shoots him in the head, to keep an eye on his house and family, to watch his back every second until he leaves America, and that he

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