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The politicians are gone and things are apparently back to normal at the Lincoln Houses.
A woman was shot at the East Harlem Housing project just days after some of the top Democratic Mayoral Candidates -- Bill Thompson, John Liu, Bill de Blasio, Christine Quinn and Anthony Weiner -- spent the night there in an effort to bring attention to the conditions faced by public housing residents, authorities said.
Olivia Brown, 23, was shot in the groin and the hand when a woman known around the Lincoln Houses as Mohawk Michelle opened fire just outside the Lincoln Houses on Park Avenue near East 132nd Street at around 3:30 a.m., cops said.
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A woman was shot at an East Harlem housing project just days after the Democratic Mayoral Candidates spent the night there, authorities said.
Brown was taken to Harlem Hospital in serious but stable condition, officials said.
Mohawk Michelle fled and is currently being sought by cops.
"The politicians left yesterday and now it's back to normal," said resident Tara Martin, 40. "When the politicians were here there was a lot of police officers and their presence was known in the buildings and outside in the community.”
“It shouldn't take a politician to come to our neighborhood to have them address the issues at hand,” she added.
Police believe the shooting is related to an ongoing dispute between the two women, police sources said.
Residents who know both women said Brown and Mohawk Michell got into a fistfight earlier in the night that left Michelle beaten and embarrassed, witnesses said.
“Michelle and her friends got drunk and came over and bothered her [Olivia],” said Larelle Walker, 48.
"Olivia beat her up and Michelle left and came back [with a gun] and said 'What's up now, b---h?' and shot her in the stomach."
“I've known Olivia since she was born,” Walker added. “She doesn’t bother anybody. There was no reason to shoot her.”
The shooting comes three days after five of the leading Democratic candidates spent the night at the Lincoln houses to see what life is like for public housing residents.
Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson spoke to reporters outside the building where Brown was shot.
"I stayed here along with the other mayoral candidates. In that building," Thompson said, referring to the building in which he spent this past Saturday night.
"All New Yorkers deserve a safe community in which to live,” Thompson added. “As Mayor I'll protect every community."


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