QUEENS, N.Y. – Chaos erupted in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s New York City district on Tuesday when a Democrat politician was chased out of a public square because he backs a recent police crackdown on illegal sex work plaguing the area.
Hiram Monserrate, a former New York state Senator who is running for state Assembly, was giving interviews to the media praising the police when he was set upon by raging protesters who had been holding a rally calling for the NYPD and state troopers to stop shutting down brothels – as well as illegal street vendors who sell hot food and flog other merchandise without…
