Local leaders in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s district in New York City have again asked FBI Director Kash Patel to finally put an end to what they describe as the “festering scourge” of brutal foreign gangs who are forcing women into prostitution and selling drugs in Queens.
In the last few weeks, the close-knit group has organized a number of rallies outside what they say are well-known brothels in the progressive champion’s district. They say that women ask for sex on the pavement outside before Johns rush inside.
The brothels are close to Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, which has been a crime-ridden, violent, and prostitution-ridden area for years. Because of this, the NYPD has tried to crack down on it several times, but it is still called a “red-light district.”
One brothel is hidden next to a bodega, and another pretends to be a massage parlor. At a recent protest on a Sunday, protesters put up “Shut it down” posters on the run-down door of the second brothel to ask the feds to get rid of the shady cathouses for good.
