A Democrat official who helped Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez assemble aid sooner than her historical first election win instructed Fox Information Virtual that the lawmaker has alone and “betrayed” her constituents in a Queens vicinity that has been riddled with crime below her management, together with open-air prostitution, robberies and petty crime.
Some constituents have likened statuses alongside Roosevelt Road to these of a 3rd International nation, pace others say the migrant ladies soliciting intercourse in entrance of companies remind them of a red-light district in Bangkok.
The section has garnered nationwide consideration for its unsanitary nature the place unlawful distributors overtake sidewalks promoting unregulated meals, secondhand clothes and alternative counterfeit products.
Ramon Ramirez Baez, an creator and previous Democrat Committeeman for the thirty ninth Meeting District, mentioned the feature of generation has impulsively deteriorated there since Ocasio-Cortez sprang an historical disillusioned in 2018, unseating longtime Democrat Congressman Joe Crowley to turn into the society’s youngest congresswoman.

Ramon Ramirez Baez, a former Democrat Committeeman for the thirty ninth Meeting District, pictured with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, left; garments and products on a sidewalk in Ocasio-Cortez’s district, govern proper; a intercourse assistant in Ocasio-Cortez’s district, base proper. (Ramirez Baez, left, Michael Dorgan/Fox Information Virtual, proper. )
He mentioned the nearest unknown political beginner were a unused face at the scene who promised to paintings difficult for the community of Corona, Jackson Heights and Elmhurst, and to be an on-the-ground presence for them, not like profession flesh presser Crowley, who at that time used to be a 10-term incumbent and eyeing to be the later Space Speaker.
Ocasio-Cortez, Ramirez Baez mentioned, reached out to him for assistance when she had about $39,000 within the warehouse, in comparison to Crowley’s just about $2 million battle chest.
Ramirez Baez, who’s well-connected within the section, in particular amongst his fellow Dominican immigrants, offered Ocasio-Cortez to many trade house owners, campaigned along with her or even forked out the money to pay for a venue for them to each debate in, he mentioned. The go proved a very powerful in swaying the native voters as Crowley by no means became up, and Ramirez Baez mentioned it swang the momentum to Ocasio-Cortez.
“I paid for that debate, I have an invoice for everything I did for Ms. Alexandria,” a annoyed Ramirez Baez mentioned, waving a report to the digital camera. He mentioned he has all his bills from her marketing campaign documented in some of the many books he has written about her.
However since Ocasio-Cortez rose to energy, Ramirez Baez mentioned she has been lacking in motion and has acted refuse in a different way from Crowley.
“We never saw that lady, never, she disappeared,” he instructed Fox Information Virtual. “She [didn’t] do anything for the community, nothing, nothing.”
“She disappeared from my community. You never saw Alexandria in my community, nobody saw her in her office. All the time closed,” he mentioned of her Queens workplace, which used to be situated a forbid from his personal rental.
Rivera mentioned locals don’t know the way to get involved along with her workplace as she doesn’t seem to have any in Queens. Ocasio-Cortez’s web page lists an workplace in Queens, via appointment simplest, which is similar deal with because the workplace of Unused York Town Councilwoman Tiffany Caban.
“What happened? You have to be [in the] community to do an event. She never did any event. I never saw Alexandria come to do a town hall meeting, to listen to the community, nothing. She disappeared.”
“She goes all over the place, like a movie star, she goes to Texas, all over the place, but what about the community?”
Rivera mentioned Ocasio-Cortez did reserve a the town corridor in the community in Might 2023, however since nearest, crime, in particular prostitution, has exploded and she or he has now not preoccupied with the folk on the ones issues. He mentioned the rally used to be extraordinarily restricted and citizens needed to follow to wait, along with her workplace denying access to these it deemed as opposed to her positions, even alternative native Democrats who instructed Fox Information Virtual they too had been denied access.
Ocasio-Cortez spoke at a rally in aid of unlawful distributors a couple of months after and temporarily left sooner than questions may well be requested, he mentioned.
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Ramirez Baez, who mentioned he didn’t learn about Ocasio-Cortez’s socialist leanings on the occasion, mentioned he has purchaser’s regret about pushing their folk to again her.
“If she said to me she is socialist, I would never support it,” Ramirez Baez declared. He mentioned that a part of her socialist time table is an open-border coverage with reference to immigration, which he opined has contributed to the moderate of the vicinity as many unlawful distributors and intercourse employees on Roosevelt Road are migrants who haven’t any jobs or paintings lets in and in addition clog up sources.
“She only defends the socialist agenda, which is not for the American people. . . . She doesn’t understand what [socialism] means,” mentioned Ramirez Baez, who added that he understands it as he has lived in Cuba and the previous Soviet Union. “She was a little confused in her head, confused in that ideology.
“The Democrats opened the border, and a dozen of community that no one is aware of have come. Alexandria used to be in Texas [saying] ‘Come on, people from New York have the money,’ and that’s why at the moment you could have that condition in our vicinity.”

Ramon Ramirez Baez and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a debate in 2018. (Supplied via Ramon Ramirez Baez)
He instructed Fox Information Virtual he voted for President-elect Trump this year and told residents of his neighborhood to do the same, even though he remains a lifelong Democrat.
“The American nation is for the regulation, it’s for community who’re operating.”
Commenting on how she dethroned Crowley, Ramirez Baez said that Ocasio-Cortez embraced social media to connect with young people.
Ramirez Baez said Ocasio-Cortez hugged him and cried when she won, saying she would never forget him because he was like a brother to her. He said he responded by saying, “Ms. Alexandria, don’t fear, all I would like from you is to do the most productive for my folk.’”
Fox News Digital reached out to Ocasio-Cortez’s office for comment in relation to Ramirez Baez but did not receive a response.
Ramirez Baez has been busy trying to clean up Roosevelt Avenue and founded a group called “Let’s Reinforce Roosevelt Ave,” which advocates for more police on the ground. That request eventually materialized last month when the mayor and governor deployed more than 200 police officers and state troopers to patrol the troubled neighborhood.
He said that on several occasions he called on Ocasio-Cortez – as well as other local progressives – to rally behind him and other activists, but she ignored his pleas.

Several blocks in Squad member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s district in Queens have been known to be lined with scantily clad migrant prostitutes who offer their illegal services 24 hours a day. (Michael Dorgan/Fox News Digital)
Ramirez Baez even penned a damning open letter to Ocasio-Cortez last month and said he has yet to get a response from her.
“I take into accout you wondering the integrity of alternative politicians and their guarantees. My aid and collaboration helped you conserve your victory. I thought you may champion the most productive pursuits of our folk, I used to be incorrect,” Ramirez Baez wrote in the Oct. 23 letter.
“Observing your profession spread, I noticed you extra all for staying within the highlight and getting media consideration than on actual problems dealing with your constituents. Month you exit around the nation, and have interaction in numerous performances, our folk continues to try. Your look in high-fashion apparel stands in stark distinction to the hardships our hard-working community undergo.”
In the letter, Ramirez Baez said he feels compelled to apologize to the community for endorsing her in 2018.
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“Roosevelt Road . . . has turn into a hub for brothels outnumbering bodegas. It’s an city crime zone. But, you recommend for the legalization of prostitution and anti-police insurance policies. You forget about the truth that over 70 brothels function alike native faculties and homes of devotion. You’ve didn’t even discuss in regards to the crime that is affecting our vicinity and also you failed to offer protection to the inclined ladies exploited via those prison networks.”
On one block along Roosevelt Avenue, Fox News Digital cameras recorded a line of no fewer than 19 suspected sex workers on a sidewalk in September. Around the corner, there were at least seven more, and a woman on the next block was witnessed soliciting sex for $60. Some brothels have been known to reopen even after being raided by police.
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“Your model of socialism has been a farce. You’ve by no means delivered on your folk. Month you marketing campaign for others all over the rustic you don’t see the dreadful harm your erroneous positions have carried out to our folk and your political birthday party,” Ramirez Baez continued.
“Have you ever reviewed the polls of what number of Latinos are defecting from the Democratic Birthday celebration on account of the novel insurance policies you espouse?” Ramirez Baez asked. “Check out Roosevelt Road, breathe our wind and notice your screw ups.”