GoCubsGo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 30, 2025 8:48 am
They need AOC lessons.
Fed-up AOC constituents in Bronx, Queens mock absentee 'rock star' who's never in the district: 'This woman has done nothing'
Frustration with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has reached a breaking point on her home turf, with fed up Queens and Bronx constituents telling The Post they're sick and tired of being second fiddle to the jet-setting socialist's primary focus — herself.
Her district offices in the Bronx and Queens offer little to justify the $1.9 million the congresswoman gets to run them — one is only open a single weekday and the other is closed on Fridays, with phones that go unanswered and constituents urged to discuss their problems "by appointment only."
"This woman has done nothing for the community she was once again elected to serve," said Lauro Vazquez of Woodside, Queens.
Vazquez echoed a sentiment heard in all corners of AOC's bi-borough district — that they and the "mundane" issues they care about — jobs, public safety, traffic — are an afterthought for a representative with her eyes on the national stage.
The perception turned into a reality last week at a town hall in Jackson Heights, when AOC gave a packed auditorium of people just under an hour of face time before dashing for the exit to an idling SUV.
She took only six questions.
The public meeting had already been postponed from its original date because the lawmaker fell ill after wrapping her nationwide Fighting the Oligarchy tour with Bernie Sanders.
"Of course, it's cancelled — too busy jet setting around on private jets screaming about 'oligarchs' and setting up her bid for a POTUS run," said Vazquez. "This woman has done nothing for the community she was once again elected to serve."
On matters big and small, critics in her district — which includes Astoria and Jackson Heights in Queens, and the South Bronx — said AOC is failing the people that put her into office.
She has done little on a controversial $8 billion casino proposal by Mets owner Steve Cohen on parkland near Citi Field, which opponents fear will become a blight on the community.
At the town hall, all AOC could do was shrug off the concerns.
AOC left the town hall from the back door and hopped into an idling black SUV.
Her office did not respond to questions about how often the congresswoman was in her district in the past year, only boasting she is the most popular NYC politician, according to a Siena College poll in April.
Councilman Robert Holden, a moderate Queens Dem - "She can't be bothered doing mundane constituent services like addressing quality of life issues in her district," he said.
Holden added: "She's too busy trying to make our entire country into a carbon copy of the failed Soviet Union — Queens and the Bronx deserve better."
https://nypost.com/2025/05/10/us-news/b ... -district/
