What these neighborhoods really need is a “Squad” car.
Major crime rose by an eye-popping 70% in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Bronx and Queens district since the ‘defund the police’ socialist lawmaker took office in 2019 — more than double the citywide increase of 30% over that same span, a Post analysis of NYPD data shows.
The 110th Precinct in Queens, which covers part of the infamous “Market of Sweethearts” human-trafficking and prostitution mecca on Roosevelt Avenue, saw a 105% surge, the highest increase of any NYC precinct in that period.
Major crimes consist of murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny and auto theft.
The 115th Precinct, which also serves part of Roosevelt Avenue in addition to Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, and north Corona, saw major offenses rise by 85%.
The other four precincts in her Queens-Bronx congressional district similarly saw major-crime increases higher than the citywide average.
Some residents blamed the increasingly lawlessness squarely on the no-show lawmaker.
“She’s not doing s–t. She doesn’t live in the neighborhood, she doesn’t care,” vented Elmhurst resident Guadelupe Alvarez, who has lived in the 110th Precinct her whole life and is one of several constituents who ripped the jet-setting absentee “Squad” member for letting the district turn to “trash” while she focuses on elevating herself on the national stage.
Alvarez, 34, a former AOC supporter, has had to endure a brothel setting up across the street from her childhood home, and the drunken men she says constantly swarm in and out of the place. She said she also regularly witnesses gang activity, car thefts and assaults, but nothing gets done.
She used to dream of building a life in the neighborhood, but not anymore.
Alvarez tried raising the issue with Ocasio-Cortez when she met her at a town hall in the Bronx last year, but got nowhere.
“I asked, ‘Are you aware of how horrible it’s gotten? When was the last time you were in Jackson Heights, Elmhurst?’ She ignored me and told me, ‘You can ask this person questions’ … who I guess was her assistant. She did a very silent exit through the back.
“I think it’s disrespectful. You’re there because of people from my community, and you’re not doing s–t for our community.”
Elmhurst’s Ramses Frias, a Republican City Council candidate, also lambasted the absentee AOC.
“You have a mouth to speak up. People are suffering. They’re scared to go outside,” he told The Post.
Residents even pleaded with the federal government in January to clean up the streets, telling them illegal brothels, brazen gang activity and regular assaults have made it a public safety emergency.
https://nypost.com/2025/05/17/us-ne...han-double-citywide-average-in-aocs-district/
Major crime rose by an eye-popping 70% in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Bronx and Queens district since the ‘defund the police’ socialist lawmaker took office in 2019 — more than double the citywide increase of 30% over that same span, a Post analysis of NYPD data shows.
The 110th Precinct in Queens, which covers part of the infamous “Market of Sweethearts” human-trafficking and prostitution mecca on Roosevelt Avenue, saw a 105% surge, the highest increase of any NYC precinct in that period.
Major crimes consist of murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny and auto theft.
The 115th Precinct, which also serves part of Roosevelt Avenue in addition to Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, and north Corona, saw major offenses rise by 85%.
The other four precincts in her Queens-Bronx congressional district similarly saw major-crime increases higher than the citywide average.
Some residents blamed the increasingly lawlessness squarely on the no-show lawmaker.
“She’s not doing s–t. She doesn’t live in the neighborhood, she doesn’t care,” vented Elmhurst resident Guadelupe Alvarez, who has lived in the 110th Precinct her whole life and is one of several constituents who ripped the jet-setting absentee “Squad” member for letting the district turn to “trash” while she focuses on elevating herself on the national stage.
Alvarez, 34, a former AOC supporter, has had to endure a brothel setting up across the street from her childhood home, and the drunken men she says constantly swarm in and out of the place. She said she also regularly witnesses gang activity, car thefts and assaults, but nothing gets done.
She used to dream of building a life in the neighborhood, but not anymore.
Alvarez tried raising the issue with Ocasio-Cortez when she met her at a town hall in the Bronx last year, but got nowhere.
“I asked, ‘Are you aware of how horrible it’s gotten? When was the last time you were in Jackson Heights, Elmhurst?’ She ignored me and told me, ‘You can ask this person questions’ … who I guess was her assistant. She did a very silent exit through the back.
“I think it’s disrespectful. You’re there because of people from my community, and you’re not doing s–t for our community.”
Elmhurst’s Ramses Frias, a Republican City Council candidate, also lambasted the absentee AOC.
“You have a mouth to speak up. People are suffering. They’re scared to go outside,” he told The Post.
Residents even pleaded with the federal government in January to clean up the streets, telling them illegal brothels, brazen gang activity and regular assaults have made it a public safety emergency.
https://nypost.com/2025/05/17/us-ne...han-double-citywide-average-in-aocs-district/
