AOC, de Blasio, NYC mayoral candidates pay tribute on Memorial Day

AOC, Mayor Bill de Blasio, and a slate of candidates running to succeed him paid tribute to fallen soldiers and veterans across the five boroughs on Monday.

“It’s so important that, every single Memorial Day, we show that these are not just half sacrifices … [and] that we honor those who in our community who just not sacrificed their lives, but also the families, the parents, the children all of those who lived with that sacrifice,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told reporters at an event in Woodside, where the congresswoman observed a Vietnam War vet lay a wreath by an American flag with a small group. De Blasio, during his last Memorial Day as mayor, made rare remarks about his father, who served in the military during World War II and committed suicide when the second-term Democrat was 18 years old.