NYPD raid AOC's 'Third World' district after shocking video showed ... trends now
An illegal open-air 'flea market' operating in Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's district has popped back up days days after it was raided by police officers.
Many of those operating on the sidewalks of Queens are believed to be illegal migrants hawking counterfeit goods and other wares.
The sellers have been blocking sidewalks and causing general quality of life issues for the residents of Jackson Heights, Corona, and Elmhurst.
Some locals have said their neighborhood now looks like a Third World country due to the illegal and shabby-looking street markets that blanket the blocks. Peddlers offer shoes, pots and pans, toys, used books, and picture frames, among other semi-random items.
Prostitutes are also a staple of the area, leading some to dub the main stretch of Roosevelt Avenue, the 'avenue of the sweethearts.'
Just days after being shut down by the police, illegal street vendors in Queens were back at their set ups, with which residents have taken issue
Earlier this week police raided the lengthy stretch of Roosevelt Boulevard where a significant number of the illegal vendors operate.
NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry flaunted his department's success on X, writing: 'Now you see it … now you don't. This 'flea market' has been at the center of many quality-of-life complaints in Jackson Heights. We conducted an operation yesterday in response to these community concerns ... we addressed the unlicensed peddlers, selling counterfeit goods on the streets of Queens!'
But just one day later, videos posted by local politicians, including Ramses Frías - a Democrat-turned-Republican - showed the illegal salespeople back on the streets.
'If there isn’t a consistent police presence and/or team set in place to educate these illegal vendors then this will all continue,' Frías told Fox Digital.
He warned that conditions will really deteriorate as the weather gets warmer.
'The constant neglect from the actual representatives of this area
