FROM FOX NEWS: Local leaders in New York City Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s district have again called on FBI Director Kash Patel to finally crush what they call the festering scourge of ruthless foreign gangs pimping women in brothels and pumping drugs into the Queens neighborhood.
The tight-knit group has held several separate protests in recent weeks outside what they said are well-known brothels in the progressive champion’s district, where women allegedly solicit sex on the sidewalk outside before Johns scurry inside.
The brothels are located near the troubled Roosevelt Avenue corridor in Queens, a two-mile commercial strip which has been plagued with crime, prostitution and violence for years, so much so that it’s often referred to as a red-light district despite repeated crackdowns by the NYPD. Police told Fox News Digital they’ve arrested 350 people so far this year for prostitution-related offenses in and around the beleaguered strip.
The Restore Roosevelt Avenue Coalition wrote a letter to Patel, saying, “We are writing to your agency again, requesting an investigation and enforcement action regarding the ever-worsening situation on the Roosevelt Avenue Corridor.”
The group, focused on improving the quality of life and ensuring safer streets in the neighborhood, identified eight problematic locations. Seven are in Ocasio-Cortez’s district.
The group said praised praised police invetsment, but said only federal intervention could eliminate the problem.
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