AOC's 'Red Light District' plagued by crime as Democrat who helped her rise to power says she 'disappeared'
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An influential Democrat official who says he played a pivotal role in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's historic first election win tells Fox News Digital that the lawmaker has abandoned and “betrayed" her constituents in a Queens neighborhood which has been riddled with crime under her leadership, including open air prostitution, robberies and petty crime.
Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
The area has garnered national attention for its unsanitary nature where illegal vendors overtake sidewalks selling unregulated food, secondhand clothing and other counterfeit merchandise. You can send tips to michael.dorgan@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @M_Dorgan.
Ramon Ramirez Baez, an author and former Democrat Committeeman for the 39th Assembly District, said the quality of life has rapidly deteriorated there since Ocasio-Cortez sprang an historic upset in 2018, unseating longtime Democrat Congressman Joe Crowley to become the nation’s youngest congresswoman.