{"id":154031,"date":"2025-08-17T21:07:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T21:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/154031\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T21:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T21:07:13","slug":"nyc-mayoral-candidates-condemn-brooklyn-mass-shooting-and-call-for-more-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/154031\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC mayoral candidates condemn Brooklyn mass shooting and call for more action"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The block surrounding the restaurant and club remained cordoned-off on Sunday as police continued to investigate.<\/p>\n

Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n

NYC mayoral candidates reacted with anger and frustration following a mass shooting at a Brooklyn restaurant and club<\/a> early on Sunday morning that left three people dead and multiple other victims injured.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The tragic incident at Taste of the City, located near Prospect Park <\/a>in Brooklyn, became a focal point in the election on Aug. 17, with candidates discussing their plans for combating gun violence and decreasing crime.<\/p>\n

Incumbent Mayor Eric Adams said at a press conference with NYPD<\/a> Commissioner Jessica Tisch that they are putting together a violence interruption team to prevent retaliation in what they said was likely a gang-related incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Queens Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, a socialist and frontrunner in the mayoral race, responded during an unrelated press event in Brooklyn, saying the city needs more programs geared toward combating gun violence.<\/p>\n

\"MayoralDemocratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani addresses the press at a campaign kick-off event in Prospect Park in Brooklyn on Aug. 17, 2025.Photo by Gabriele Holtermann<\/p>\n

He noted early on Sunday that the shooting was \u201cyet another example of the scourge of gun violence that has taken hold across so much of our city.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we need in this moment is a vision of a city where this is not something that we can expect, this is not something that New Yorkers have to come to terms with, but where we invest in the very kind of programs and services that have been proven effective at combating this epidemic, one of those things being the crisis management system,\u201d Mamdani said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cuomo: \u2018Not the time to defund or dismantle the police\u2019
\n\"FormerFormer Gov. Andrew Cuomo, now running as an independent candidate after Mamdani crushed him in the Democratic primary, took to social media to condemn the shooting and offer condolences to the families of those killed.\u00a0REUTERS\/Adam Gray<\/p>\n

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, now running as an independent candidate after Mamdani crushed him in the Democratic primary, took to social media to condemn the shooting and offer condolences to the families of those killed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cuomo seemed to take a swipe at Mamdani\u2019s previous comments from 2020, in which he expressed support for defunding the police \u2014 though Mamdani has since retracted<\/a>\u00a0those statements<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother horrific mass shooting in NYC last night, as three lives were lost and eight wounded in a senseless, deadly attack. My heart goes out to the victims and to their loved ones,\u201d Cuomo wrote on X (Twitter)<\/a> Sunday. \u201cPublic safety is, and always has been, Job 1. This isn\u2019t the time to defund or dismantle the police. We need more officers, not less, to keep our communities safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Republican nominee and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, meanwhile, emphasized a strong law-and-order response.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

In a statement to amNewYork, Sliwa did not shy away from politically jabbing Cuomo and Mamdani, and their respective stances on crime.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cMy thoughts are with the victims and their families after this latest shooting,\u201d he said. \u201cCuomo\u2019s criminal laws created this mess, and Mamdani\u2019s radical agenda would only make it worse. The status quo has failed. I\u2019m the only candidate with the courage to restore law and order in NYC.\u201d<\/p>\n

The shooting, which occurred inside the restaurant on Franklin Avenue at around 3:30 a.m., shocked the community and residents citywide. According to law enforcement sources, the suspects came into the establishment and began firing their weapons.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dozens of shell casings and a gun were found near the crime scene. So far, no arrests have been made, but the investigation remains ongoing.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s mass shooting, as well as other high-profile violence, has put a spotlight on the mayoral candidates on how they plan to tackle crime and gun violence in the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As crime rates rise and fall, voters will likely be curious to learn more about the candidates\u2019 plans as Election Day and early voting draw closer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The block surrounding the restaurant and club remained cordoned-off on Sunday as police continued to investigate. Photo by…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":154032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5297,32675,90045,90046,5340,58897,5289,90047,4222,90048,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,90049,5292,89641,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,90050,5301],"class_list":{"0":"post-154031","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-andrew-cuomo","10":"tag-brooklyn-shooting","11":"tag-chatgpt-said-nyc-mayoral-race","12":"tag-crime-in-nyc","13":"tag-curtis-sliwa","14":"tag-election-2025","15":"tag-eric-adams","16":"tag-gang-violence","17":"tag-gun-violence","18":"tag-law-and-order","19":"tag-new-york","20":"tag-new-york-city","21":"tag-newyork","22":"tag-newyorkcity","23":"tag-ny","24":"tag-nyc","25":"tag-nypd-response","26":"tag-public-safety","27":"tag-taste-of-the-city","28":"tag-united-states","29":"tag-united-states-of-america","30":"tag-unitedstates","31":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","32":"tag-us","33":"tag-usa","34":"tag-violence-prevention","35":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115046150711095082","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}