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Oct. 24, 2025, 2:56 PM EDT / Updated Oct. 24, 2025, 3:00 PM EDTBy Alexandra MarquezOne day before early voting begins in the New York mayoral race, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani condemned the “racist, baseless” attacks he’s faced in recent days, saying the attacks exemplify the islamophobia Muslims all over New York face every day.”I have sought to be the candidate fighting for every single New Yorker, not simply the Muslim candidate,” Mamdani told reporters gathered outside of a mosque in the Bronx. “I thought that if I could build a campaign of universality, I could define myself as the leader I aspire to be, one representing every New Yorker, no matter their skin color or religion, no matter where they were born.””And I thought that if I behaved well enough or bit my tongue enough in the face of racist, baseless attacks, all while returning back to my central message, it would allow me to be more than just my faith,” Mamdani added, appearing to grow emotional. “I was wrong. No amount of redirection is ever enough.” Mamdani, who currently represents parts of Queens in the New York State Assembly, would be the city’s first Muslim mayor.His comments come one day after former Gov. Andrew Cuomo —who lost to Mamdani in the June Democratic primary and is now running as an independent — faced criticism for remarks he made about Mamdani on a radio program.On Thursday, Cuomo appeared to agree with a conservative radio host who said that Mamdani would cheer if a terror attack happened while he was mayor.A Cuomo campaign spokesperson later told NBC News that Cuomo did not agree with the radio host’s comment.Earlier this week, in the final debate ahead of the Nov. 4 mayoral election, Mamdani defended himself against attacks from Cuomo and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa that he didn’t have a strong plan to combat antisemitism in New York City.The city needs “a leader who takes [antisemitism] seriously, who roots it out of these five boroughs, not one who weaponizes it as a means by which to score political points on a debate stage,” Mamdani told viewers.He also accused the other candidates of accusing him of antisemitism in part because he’s a Muslim.After Sliwa accused Mamdani of supporting a “global jihad,” Mamdani said, “I have never, not once, spoken in support of global jihad. That is not something that I have said, and that continues to be ascribed to me. And frankly, I think much of it has to do with the fact that I am the first Muslim candidate to be on the precipice of winning this election.”“They view you as the arsonist who fanned the flames of antisemitism,” Sliwa had told Mamdani earlier in the debate, referring to members of his own family. “They cannot suddenly accept the fact that you’re coming like a firefighter and you’re going to put out these flames.”His identity as a Muslim is something Mamdani also referenced during a podcast released this week.“I do think that Andrew Cuomo, there are a number of things that he has said or done that he would not have done if I was not a Muslim candidate,” Mamdani told the hosts of the “Flagrant” podcast.In his speech Friday, Mamdani also decried what he described as a post-9/11 rise in Islamaphobia in New York City.”For as long as we have lived, we have known that no matter what anyone says, there are still certain forms of hate that are acceptable in this city,” he said. “Islamophobia is not seen as inexcusable.””In an era of ever-diminishing bipartisanship, it seems that islamophobia has emerged as one of the few areas of agreement,” he added.Mamdani also thanked his supporters who have “rushed to my defense over these past few days,” but said he was thinking, “of those Muslims in this city who do not have the luxury of being the Democratic nominee.”Mamadani has faced allegations of antisemitism for months, even before he became the Democratic nominee for mayor.The allegations largely centered on his criticism of Israel’s conduct in its war in Gaza, where over 60,000 people have been killed since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel, according to health authorities in Gaza.He has also faced criticism over his refusal earlier in the race to denounce the phrase “globalize the intifada.”Cuomo referenced this during Wednesday’s debate, telling Mamdani, “You’re the savior of the Jewish people? You won’t denounce ‘globalize the intifada,’ which means ‘kill Jews.'”Mamdani said in June that he didn’t use the phrase, but that mayors shouldn’t “police speech.” The New York Times reported in July that Mamdani said he would “discourage” use of the phrase moving forward.Mamdani has also sought to find commonality with the Jewish community, meeting with Jewish leaders, courting Hassidic voters in Yiddish and attending Rosh Hashanah celebrations.In his speech on Friday, Mamdani said that he has learned over the last few years that for Muslims in New York City, “safety could only be found in the shadows of our city [and] it is in those shadows alone where Muslims could embrace their full identities.””If we were to emerge from those shadows … it is in those shadows that we must leave our faith. These are lessons that so many Muslim New Yorkers have been taught again and again,” Mamdani said. “Over these last few days, these lessons have become the closing messages of Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa and Eric Adams.”Adams, the incumbent mayor of New York City, suspended his independent campaign for governor in September and endorsed Cuomo on Thursday.The mayoral election is on Nov. 4, with early voting starting in the five boroughs on Saturday.Alexandra MarquezAlexandra Marquez is a politics reporter for NBC News.

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Nov. 13, 2025, 5:36 PM ESTBy Courtney Kube and Laura StricklerFORT HOOD, Texas — The commander of the Army medical center where a gynecologist who saw hundreds of service members and their spouses is accused of sexual misconduct said investigators continue to receive new allegations from patients.Col. Mark Jacques, the commander of Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood military base, said in an interview with NBC News that he sent a letter to more than 1,400 of the gynecologist’s patients to inform them of the probe and created a hotline for them to call to report complaints. As many as 85 patients have reached out to the Army Criminal Investigation Division, or CID, he said, although it’s not clear if all of them were victims of misconduct.Col. Mark Jacques, commander of Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, speaks with Courtney Kube.Mosheh Gains / NBC NewsAt least 30 women have been identified by Army investigators as having been photographed or videotaped by the gynecologist, according to a patient who was told of that number by investigators and two Army officials.“I’m devastated that these patients and their families have to endure this and have to go through this,” Jacques said.The gynecologist, Dr. Blaine McGraw, is named in a lawsuit filed on Monday by one of his former patients under the name Jane Doe to protect her identity, NBC News reported. The lawsuit accuses McGraw of recording intimate videos of a patient without her knowledge and alleges there are scores of other women who are victims of his misconduct. It also says Army leadership received complaints about sexual misconduct by McGraw dating back years and allowed him to continue practicing.Jacques said he was not aware of any such complaints or concerns since he took command of the medical center in June.Daniel Conway, an attorney for McGraw, said in a statement, “Dr. McGraw is fully cooperative with the investigation. We have reason to believe, however, that Army special agents are providing members of the public with inaccurate and exaggerated information. We can think of no other reason for inaccurate leaks than to influence the outcome of the case. We, nonetheless, remain cooperative.”Two women, whose names NBC News is withholding at their request, said they were both patients of McGraw’s and had not been interviewed by Army CID. One of them, who said she did not receive the letter from Jacques, said she fears her privacy may have been violated. “He might have pictures of me, and I don’t even know,” she said. The other woman said she received Jacques’ letter.NBC News has verified that McGraw was their doctor.Another one of McGraw’s patients, whom NBC News is calling “Erin” because she asked for anonymity due to the sensitivity of the case, said she received a call from Army criminal investigators on Oct. 28. Erin said she started seeing McGraw earlier this year for a high-risk pregnancy. She said Army investigators sent her a still image they had found on McGraw’s phone that they thought might be of her.Courtney Kube interviewing the Jane Doe who filed a lawsuit against the Army doctor.Mosheh Gains / NBC NewsShe said when she looked at the image, she recognized herself instantly. It was a snapshot of her during one of the most trying times of her life — she was in the intensive care unit at the Army hospital dealing with complications from her delivery, she said.“I was in the room by myself for that treatment, and he came in around 11 at night and was basically conversational — and he said, ‘I’ve got great news. We are sending you home early,’” the woman recounted. She said she was groggy from the medication she’d needed for the procedure when he asked how things were going. She told him breastfeeding was not going very well for her, at which point he asked to take a look, she said.What she didn’t know at the time, but realized as soon as she saw the image from Army investigators, was that McGraw had recorded his examination of her breasts, she said.During her interview with Army investigators, she said they told her that the images of patients on McGraw’s phone went back to February 2025.Jacques said he learned on Oct. 17 that a patient had made allegations. The gynecologist was immediately suspended and stripped of his access to any patient treatment areas and electronic medical records, and the Army opened a criminal investigation that same day, he said.“Everything we do in this organization, the reason people come to work every day, is to take care of patients, to take care of Army soldiers, their families and the community,” Jacques said. “Those allegations were not in line with that. They were opposed to the safe treatment of patients, how we take care of patients with respect. And as a result, the investigation is ongoing.”The letter Jacques sent to 1,400 patients, which was obtained by NBC News, includes a QR code to access a questionnaire from Army CID.“We are writing to inform you of an investigation involving a healthcare provider who has previously provided Gynecological and Obstetric care at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center,” the letter states. “While your name appears on the list of patients seen by this provider, there are currently no indications you were affected by the alleged misconduct currently under review.”The lawsuit filed on Monday said the plaintiff learned from Army investigators that McGraw had secretly recorded her during breast and pelvic examinations.The lawsuit also accuses McGraw of inappropriate touching, crude remarks and performing unnecessary medical procedures on multiple patients. It also alleges he would call his patients at home to discuss matters unrelated to medical care and dismiss female chaperones in examination rooms, raising questions about whether he had informed his patients they have a right to have a chaperone present during an appointment.“These allegations that were raised are not in line with me as a physician or with me as a soldier who lives by the Army values,” Jacques said. “This is not acceptable, and that’s why, as the commander, I take responsibility to ensure that, moving forward, we cover every area and every basis to ensure that this doesn’t happen again.”Courtney KubeCourtney Kube is a correspondent covering national security and the military for the NBC News Investigative Unit.Laura StricklerLaura Strickler is the senior investigative producer on the national security team where she produces television stories and writes for NBCNews.com.Mosheh Gains contributed.

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