
On the morning of October 29, in Bushwick, several cars were vandalized and the message, “Kill elected officials” was spray painted on a brick building nearby the vandalism. This event happened within 24-hours of the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, in which the attacker’s primary goal was to severely injure Speaker Pelosi.

On Tuesday, November 1 at 9 a.m., a press conference was held on the corner of Willoughby and Wyckoff Avenues to address the issue of politically motivated threats and acts of violence. U.S. Representative Nydia Velázquez, NYS Assembly Members Maritza Davila and Emily Gallagher, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, and NYC Council Members Jennifer Gutiérrez and Sandy Nurse gave their support to the press conference, in addition to El Puente, Southiside United HDFC–Los Sures, St. Nicks Alliance, and United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg and North Brooklyn.