Ex-Obama administration official recorded taunting NYC food vendor with Islamophobic language

A former national security adviser in the Obama administration has been arrested and charged with harassment and stalking in connection with anti-Islamic statements made to a man at his Manhattan workplace, police said.

A former national security adviser in the Obama administration has been arrested and charged with harassment and stalking in connection with anti-Islamic statements made to a man at his Manhattan workplace, police said.

Stuart Seldowitz, 64, also of Manhattan, was captured in a series of videos harassing and verbally abusing a New York City food cart vendor with Islamophobic language.

The New York Police Department said Wednesday that Seldowitz was charged with second-degree aggravated harassment and three counts of stalking, one of which is stalking as a hate crime.

He is accused of approaching the 24-year-old at his workplace multiple times and making anti-Islamic statements, the NYPD said.

A person on X, the platform formally known as Twitter, posted video of Seldowitz taunting the cart operator on the Upper East Side.