Constituents in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s district in New York City recently called out the progressive “Squad” member for the substandard circumstances they have observed in their community. Citizens have observed rampant prostitution from migrants, streets littered with trash and other signs of “third-world” conditions.
Residents report that their streets are lined with prostitutes attempting to solicit sex, while pimps terrorize local businesses, many of which are on the brink of closing due to the impact of the lawlessness in the community. In addition, illegal vendors litter the sidewalks, defying health regulations and leaving scraps all over the ground.
According to local resident and activist, Ramses Frias, the neighborhood feels like Bangkok with women outside locations and pulling men off the street.” He added, “This area has been run rampant with prostitution,” he said during an interview with Fox News Digital while standing outside of a brothel that had been raided. “It’s just been out of control and the lawlessness continues to happen.”
Frias continued, explaining the deterioration of the community he has called home, where the mass influx of illegal immigrants has created a “third-world” environment. “This doesn’t feel like my home. I’ve been here my whole life, and this feels like I’m a tourist in a Third World country,” he said.
Continuing, he said, “His is not how this is supposed to look, this is not how it’s supposed to feel. This is a neighborhood and a community full of hardworking individuals, immigrants and second-generation Americans that worked really hard to be here and are facing all this evil and all these bad things. … And it’s just causing more issues daily and our quality of life just continues to drop.”
Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels and a Republican mayoral candidate, explained how the community used to be a flourishing neighborhood, filled with family-run businesses. However, he explained how the area has descended into lawlessness, where “open prostitution” is allowed to go on with impunity.
“It was never like this. It was a family area with a lot of retail,” Sliwa said. “The Chinese community pushed it out and Asian cops were getting busted because they were on the take, so they just decided, the madams, bring the girls over here … and its open prostitution, 24/7. [It’s] lawless. Anarchy. You get to do what you want when you want.”
Sliwa pointed out that the conditions observed in the community would never be tolerated in wealthier New York City neighborhoods, such as Manhattan. He fur He further called out the alleged corruption within New York City politics, whichs meaningful change from taking place.
“This would never be tolerated in Manhattan. They tolerate it because it’s … a poor and impoverished area in the eyes of many New Yorkers, but that doesn’t give you a reason to allow this to exist,” Sliwa said. “This is so unfair … and the mayor is allowing a culture of corruption to exist. These police officers are on the take. It’s the only way they could operate openly. They’ll say, ‘We deny that.’ Well, that’s what happened in Flushing and that’s why they pushed it over here.”
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