‘Our House Was Shot at Friday Night. Cuomo Did This’

By a Resident of Remsen Village

This past Friday night in Remsen Village, my family lived through what could have been a tragedy.

Pop. Pop. Pop. Pop.

“It sounds like fireworks,” I began to say—
And then a bullet tore through our front window, just two feet from my husband’s head.

Plastic shards exploded into the room. One hit my husband on the back of the head. He reached up, checking for blood. My nephews and children hit the floor instinctively. My husband rushed them to the basement, away from the windows. I grabbed our toddler and ran to the back of the house, where three more kids were asleep.

This is not the opening to a gripping crime novel.
This is my family’s reality.

We spoke to the many police officers who responded to the scene. They were compassionate, but their message was chilling:
“Even if we find who did this, they’ll walk. We’re powerless to do anything. The system protects the criminals.”

This isn’t the first time we’ve heard this. Over the years, our NYPD Community Affairs Liaison has told us the same thing: that arrests are meaningless because the criminals are back on the street in hours. Drunk men exposing themselves. Packages stolen. Homes broken into. Each time, the result is the same—no accountability, no justice, no safety.

And in case you’re tempted to blame the neighborhood—let me be clear:
I lived in Crown Heights for a decade. We had a shooting in our building. A man was killed on our corner. A major drug bust happened up the block. We lived one block from Bais Rivkah.

What happened to my family is not a one-off incident—it’s part of a broader breakdown in public safety across our city. And with an election just weeks away, we have a civic responsibility to speak out.

Our current leadership has failed us.

When Crown Heights United endorses Andrew Cuomo, they’re endorsing the man who brought us cashless bail, and with it, a tidal wave of crime and chaos. Under Cuomo:

Our streets became less safe

Our schools faced investigations

The MTA was mismanaged and declared unsafe

Nursing homes became the epicenter of a deadly scandal

He blamed our community for spreading COVID, while marching with Black Lives Matter

Cuomo is not our ally. He is a career politician who has never had our back—and never will.

Then there’s Zohran Mamdani—an openly anti-Semitic, self-proclaimed socialist. His hatred of Israel is well-documented. He’s young, inexperienced, and dangerously ideological. He’s made his position on public safety crystal clear: he’s firmly in the Defund the Police camp.

These are the two options that our “community leaders” are choosing between?

Cuomo is as dangerous as Mamdani—the only difference is that he knows how to smile, shake hands, and lie his way into Jewish endorsements. But the results of his leadership speak for themselves.

We need a radical change.
That’s why I will be voting for Curtis Sliwa this November.

Curtis Sliwa is not perfect—but he is consistent. He shows up. He listens. He has always prioritized safety. He walks our streets in his signature red beret because he believes in leading from the front—not hiding behind political consultants.

Sliwa understands that a society without law and order cannot thrive. He’s promised to put safety first—and that’s exactly what our community needs.

To the leaders of Crown Heights United and the Community Council:

When will you prioritize our safety over your politics?
How many of the candidates you’ve endorsed supported cashless bail?
How many stand behind Mamdani and his extremist views?

If you truly represent this community, then you should be willing to publicly retract your endorsements when those candidates betray our interests. Mamdani’s rise is a direct result of our continued support for the “lesser of all evils.”

Enough is enough.

If you want real change—vote for Curtis Sliwa.
Encourage every Jew in NYC to do the same.
Let’s send a clear, unified message to City Hall and Albany:

We will not be taken for granted. We take our safety seriously. And we expect our leaders to do the same.

— A Concerned Mother

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Response from Crown Heights United:

First of all, we are sorry for what you experienced Friday night. No one should have to go through that. That said, you are mistaken about how bail reform became law and who is responsible for its consequences. Klal Yisroel understands the danger, which is why every single Orthodox Jewish community endorsed Cuomo in the primary. So if you take issue with any endorsement of Cuomo, you are essentially disagreeing with the entire frum community in Brooklyn. In the end, we expect that most will also endorse him in the general. In fact, following the Crown Heights endorsement, Far Rockaway, Queens, and Staten Island also endorsed.

The reason some communities are still waiting is because they think Mamdani is likely to win. They all know Curtis cannot. Curtis has absolutely no path to victory. Our position has been that we must stand on principle from the beginning and make it clear to Mamdani that his rhetoric, which endangers our community, is unacceptable and crosses every red line. For us, this is not about betting on the winner. It is about standing proud and strong as Jews and doing everything possible to ensure that Mamdani is not elected mayor.

You are entitled to disagree, endorse, and vote for whomever you choose. That is your right. But I don’t understand how you can justify posting an attack anonymously on a public website. That is nothing more than a pashkvile. If you want to criticize responsibly and credibly, you should attach your name. Without doing so, your words carry no weight—because if you truly believed in them, you would stand behind them openly.