Democrats defunded police, weak on crime, the results in NYC are just as you would expect, horrible

[Scott Downey]

MSN

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AOC’s district sees 70% crime surge — more than double NYC average: ‘She doesn’t care’​

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.

Residents say gangs like MS-13 have marked their neighborhoods with tags, like at this suspected brothel in Elmhurst. J.C. Rice
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.

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“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’s home is right across the street from a suspected gang brothel. J.C. Rice
“I can’t wait to get – pardon my language – the f–k out of here. It makes me so sad that they’ve done that to push me out of my neighborhood. And I’m not the only one. . . . I could never have a family here.”

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.”

The average increase in major crimes in precincts that are part of the 14th district was 70%. NY Post Design

 

[Scott Downey]

She did that and her progressive friends, the 'squad members in congress', Pelosi and all the big democratic politicians joined in.

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“Nobody wants to be a police officer, it’s been so villainized,” said Hannah Meyers, director of policing and public safety at the Manhattan Institute. “And that affects every function that the police do.

“It’s her district, she’s supposed to be looking out for people there. She has such a myopic focus on race,” she added, noting that most of the victims of crime in her district are black or Hispanic. “You’re not helping the victims of crime by talking about how the system is racist.


“Rhetoric is really powerful,” said Meyers.

At the height of the defund the police movement, Ocasio-Cortez slammed a proposed $1.5 billion cut to the NYPD as not going far enough. That year, New York Finest’s canceled an incoming cadet class that would have added 1,163 officers to the force.

Residents say much of the prostitution in the neighborhood is tied to organized crime and other illegal activity. For the New York Post
“Defunding police means defunding police,” the socialist lawmaker declared in June 2020. She has since doubled down, in 2021 brushing off concerns about rising crime as “hysteria,” and in 2022, arguing “police budgets have nothing to do with crime levels.” Last year, she and other “Squad” members voted against a resolution condemning efforts to defund local law enforcement agencies.


“She talks about the whole fighting the oligarchy, and that’s what she’s all about – the poor people. And yet most people in her district are fearful, they don’t feel like they can walk out the door without encountering a drug dealer or a purse snatcher or a hooker,” said National Police Association’s Betsy Brantner Smith.

“And that goes against everything that you know she stands for. If you don’t feel safe, you’re not free.”

 

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Democrats defunded police, weak on crime, the results in NYC are just as you would expect, horrible​

Yep. Disgustingly sad for America.

 

[Scott Downey]

MSN

A guest on Fox News said Sunday that Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez abruptly walked out during a Bronx town hall rather than answer tough questions about crime and quality of life in her district.

During an appearance on “Fox & Friends Sunday,” Fox News guest Guadelupe Alvarez recalled confronting Ocasio-Cortez at a Bronx town hall with concerns about Jackson Heights, only to be dismissed mid-question and left without a response. Alvarez, a constituent in AOC’s district, said she felt brushed off after attending the event to raise urgent concerns about crime.


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“I went to one of the town halls where she was speaking in the Bronx, I believe, and when I asked the question of what are you doing for Jackson Heights? How are you aware of the crime and prostitution? Have you seen the neighborhood lately? She dismissed me. She said she’d be right back and never came back and just handed the floor to her assistant, which was really infuriating,” Alvarez said.




The guest also alleged that the event was tightly controlled, with attendees given pre-written questions.

“Not only that, we were given questions written by them. So it’s like our concerns weren’t really addressed until, like, someone had to speak up, and I had to be that person, and she still does nothing,” Alvarez added. “So, we aren’t being heard, no matter how much we go out there, there’s no accountability on her part.”

National Democratic committees have launched a nationwide “People’s Town Halls” tour, aiming to reconnect with voters after suffering major losses in the 2024 elections. Other Democratic leaders have launched their own tours across the U.S., including Ocasio-Cortez, who joined Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour.

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As Ocasio-Cortez campaigns nationwide pushing left-wing policies, violent crime in her own Queens and Bronx district has surged by 70% since she took office. NYPD data shows some precincts, like the 110th in Queens, have seen crime more than double — jumping 105% under her watch.

Ocasio-Cortez has also drawn scrutiny for her rhetoric on immigration. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News it’s “entirely appropriate” for the DOJ to investigate her remarks to illegal migrants after she publicly confronted border czar Tom Homan at a Jackson Heights town hall.


In February, she hosted a virtual event titled “Know Your Rights With ICE” where she advised illegal migrants on how to respond during encounters with immigration agents at home or work.