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AOC's 'red light' district overrun with prostitutes as locals call out MIA 'Squad' member
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s district is rampant with illegal prostitutes lining the streets during all hours of the day and night, brazenly soliciting sex to passersby.
Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
The trash-filled streets of Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, which encompasses the migrant-heavy communities of Corona, Jackson Heights and Elmhurst, has become a veritable hotbed for one of the world’s oldest professions, and residents say that most elected officials and police are turning a blind eye to the neighborhood nightmare, which looks more like the famed brothel-filled red-light district streets of Bangkok than one of America’s biggest cities. You can send tips to michael.dorgan@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @M_Dorgan.
Illegal vendors also overrun the sidewalks, plying their hustle in what residents have likened to "Third World" conditions, cooking hot food out in the open devoid of any health certifications or inspections as hungry birds swoop down in search of leftovers and leaving their droppings along the way.