Residents of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s congressional district slammed the lefty pol for ignoring a crime-plagued strip while sending a newsletter reminding locals they could list “X” as their gender on passports.
Shop owners and residents along the Roosevelt Avenue corridor in Queens — nicknamed “The Market of Sweethearts” — have criticized the liberal darling for ignoring quality of life issues in the area she represents while chasing national attention.
“We are more focused on the bigger issues,” said Rosa Sanchez, head of the Restore Roosevelt Avenue Coalition.
“We need our congresswoman’s help to stop crime, drugs, gangs, sex trafficking. I would love for her to address these issues.”
Her Corona neighborhood is “open and diverse” and supports LGBT residents, Sanchez said — but AOC has to take more interest in the issues in her own district.
“Public safety is the big issue along Roosevelt Avenue. We need her help.”
AOC’s July newsletter advised Queens and Bronx constituents how to update their “Passport’s Gender Marker” if they don’t identify as male or female.
President Trump has issued an executive order saying Americans must list their biological sex of birth on government documents.
But a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the order, pending a final ruling
