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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley

NYC halal food truck vendor ‘terrified’ by former Obama adviser’s racial abuse

Bevan Hurley

A New York City food truck worker who was racially abused and threatened by a former Obama administration official says he is “terrified” of reprisals.

Mohamed Hussein, 24, told The Independent how former National Security Council adviser Stuart Seldowitz ridiculed his religion, taunted him about his immigration status and threatened his family in Egypt during three separate encounters at the Adam Halal Food Cart  on New York’s Upper East Side.

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