Prostitution and illegal street vendors continue to operate on a notorious strip in New York represented by progressive Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Grace Meng.
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TheredlightsarebackflashingalonganotoriousprostitutionstripinNewYorkCityrepresentedbyprogressiveDemocraticReps.AlexandriaOcasio-CortezandGraceMeng.
Alongthecrammed,grimysidewalksofRooseveltAvenueinQueens,sexworkersareonceagainopenlysolicitingclientswhilevendorsgrillmeatsandhawksuspectedstolenorcounterfeitgoods–despitepolicewagingamonths-longcrackdowntostopthechaos.
It’sbecomeawayoflife–andayears-longblight–forresidentsinthemigrant-denseneighborhoodwhosaytheyhavegrowntiredofcallingonOcasio-CortezandMengtoactandlikenconditionstoa“RedLightdistrict”orathird-worldfleamarket.Othershavenicknamedthestripthe“AvenueoftheSweethearts,”givenitsreputationforwomenpurportedlyturningtricks.
LEADERSINAOC’S‘REDLIGHT’DISTRICTCALLONKASHPATELTOCRUSH‘WORSENING’GANGCRIMEANDPROSTITUTION
