A massive police performance against crime in “Defund the Police” lawyer Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezs District-that had descended into a lawless cesspool of the outdoor prostitution, robberies and illegal sales praised as proof that more police station results in less crime and not the other way around.
Residents and local activists are praised the mayor Eric Adams of New York City, after he led an aggressive 90-day police operation that led to a crime of 25% in a Queens neighborhood represented by Ocasio-Cortez and its democratic fellow repack . Mix.
And although the locals say that they now feel safer but more to be repeated, the mayor of the mayor that Ocasio-Cortez showed little interest in participating in the participation in the crime crunch And that she and her office never coordinated with the efforts of the Adams administration.
A huge police action against crime in “Defund the Police” lawyer rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s District is praised as proof that more police relief results in less crime and not the other way around. Sex workers on Roosevelt Avenue, left; Police on the street, right. (Michael Dorgan/Fox News Digital, Links, Hiram Monserrate, Right Ian Forsyth/Getty Images, Inset.)
“She has not even contacted an update on the operation,” Adams’ press secretary Kayla Mamelak Altus told Fox News Digital.
“Our office has relationships with local leaders. But in this case she has really been quiet.”
Ocasio-Cortez did not respond to Fox News Digital for comment on this story or other similar stories about the crime crisis along Roosevelt Avenue in Queens. She has not made any recent comments on social media about the crime there or the subsequent police performance. In 2023, she and other progressive Democrats participated in a meeting to support illegal suppliers in the area, insisting that they should receive licenses to operate.
The 90-day police operation, called “Operation Restore Roosevelt”, consisted of more than 200 NYPD officers and state troopers who wandered on the nearly two mile commercial strip of Roosevelt Avenue in the Queens -Neighbors Van Elmhurst, North Corona and Jackson Heights.
The immigrant-heavy area is plagued by crime and the unsavory sights of illegal suppliers who transcend sidewalk role with selling food without permit and trade in second-hand merchandise scenes that have received comparisons with circumstances in the Third World Country.
Others have said that the dozens of prostitutes who have openly asked themselves on sidewalks are related to a “red light” district. The prostitutes are known to chat men on the sidewalks and then bring them to massage salons or closed stores for sex.
Sex workers prepared in Queens, New York City. (Michael Dorgan/Fox News Digital)
The operation resulted in nearly 1,000 arrests, including more than 130 for prostitution -related violations.
Almost 300 buildings have been inspected, resulting in 18 assignments and two locations with the framework of the Sheriff’s Office of the New York City for illegal cannabis sales.
More than 520 suppliers have been inspected, resulting in 94 seized propane tanks and more than 15,000 pounds of food removed from the streets. Elsewhere, 464 vehicles were seized, including 419 illegal two -wheeled vehicles and ATVs.
The office of the Queens district Attorney told Fox News Digital that 62 people have been accused of prostitution and 15 locations are closed.
Mayor Eric Adams of New York City walks with city councilor Francisco Moya and the NYPD’s Kaz Daughtry on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens on January 10, 2025. (Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)
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Altus said that the operation was proof of more boots on the ground that corresponds to less crime.
“That is the perspective of Mayor Adams from the first day, good, he himself is a former agent,” said Altus. “More police officers not only make people safer, but they make people feel safer. Maybe someone is not illegally coming from the street in physical damage, but it gives them unsafe and gives them the feeling that there is it Feeling is that there is lawlessness in their streets.
She also praised the local city councilor Francisco Moya, who, according to her, played an integral part in the operation. Moya, a democrat like Adams, was often at odds with other local progressive democrats who represent the area, many of whom support illegal suppliers and are not in accordance with his tough position.
Adams also took a victory round for the operation.
“The community spoke and delivered the administration,” said Adams when the 90-day operation came to an end. He promised that there would remain a serious presence on the police.
“Since the launch in October 2024, ‘Operation Restore Roosevelt’ continues to restore and deliver safety for New Yorkers. And our work is not ready here -you will continue to see a police -presence, as well as other different agencies in the Corridor -Adressional quality of life and public safety problems, “said Adams.
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Adams succeeded the announcement with a town hall event in the area where the public was given the opportunity to ask him questions.
The mood was largely positive, but the worries still stimulated. A woman thanked Adams for the work that his administration did, but also said that she still feels unsafe and afraid of the violent illegal migrant Bende Aragua who roamed through the city.
She also asked Adams what he was going to do to tackle child and human trafficking, which was woven there with the prostitution crisis.
“I personally do not feel safe in my own community. My niece, 24 years old, she was chased behind the health center in Corona with a butcher’s knife,” the woman said. “Fortunately she is athletic and she could run. If I had been, I would have been dead. What are you going to do?”
Police on Roosevelt Avenue during the 90-day operation. (Michael Dorgan/Fox News Digital)
Adams and NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry pointed to the tumbling crime percentages and said the The presence of the police Will remain in force in the area. Adams also said that companies are coming back to the area.
A spokesperson for the office of the Public Prosecutor of Queens praised his Bureau for Human Trafficking and said that every woman who was arrested for prostitution in the area offered services such as mental health or immigration services to get them from that life, 40% accepted.
Meanwhile, Meng said in a statement to Fox News Digital that her office has been in contact with the local police district and that Moya has updated her office about the situation.
“We look forward to working with them,” said Meng. “We again repeat that quality of life and safety problems must always be tackled.”
Local democratic politician Hiram Monserrate Also said that the operation was a rejection of the model “Defund the Police”.
However, he told Fox News Digital that much more needs to be done and the locals at least 16 brothels actively identified in the area. Monserrate also said that the local Clean Streets Group, the Let’s Implicy Roosevelt Ave. Coalition, reached itself on different occasions with Ocasio-Cortez, but they say she never responded.
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“The ‘Bodega Brothel’ has been working for two public primary schools for more than a year and a half,” said Monserrate, a former Senator of the State. “You see, it works at 9.30 am morning and then at night there are about six or seven women in the front. So it is inexplicable, right? And so nobody has to take a victory round while this is still active.”
