A furious Queens resident has launched a bid for office as he slams Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez amid "migrant crime and prostitution" overrunning his community.
Ramses Frías blasted AOC as he claimed the district is "being hit hard" with issues of crime.
Footage shared by Frías shows the Democrat run district's deterioration with migrants blocking pavements as they sell food and clothes while prostitutes openly seek sex from passersby.
The neighbourhood’s main strip along Roosevelt Avenue has become so renowned for its prostitution that locals have dubbed the area "the market of sweethearts".
Footage shared by Ramses Frías shows the Democrat run district's deterioration with migrants blocking pavements as they sell food and clothes
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"We've become sort of this epicentre of crime and prostitution and illegal street vending. It's taken over many streets," Ramses Frías told Fox & Friends.
"It goes all the way from Corona, through Elmhurst and into Jackson Heights. These are three neighbouring neighbourhoods that are really being hit hard with these problems."
Sex workers were seen operating during all hours of the day during an investigation by Fox News on Wednesday.
In response the footage, Ocasio-Cortez said: "What we are seeing here is the result of anti-immigrant policies that deny immigrants proper work permits and vending licenses, and drive them into the shadows of undignified conditions.
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"This is just one way of many that anti-immigrant policies hurt all of us.
"Paths to citizenship and work documentation can solve this problem - but Republicans would rather block those so they can film people in their worst moments for views."
Frías - who is a former Democrat - is now running for the State Assembly District 39 seat as a Republican.
He added that he has not seen Ocasio-Cortez in the neighbourhood.
Frías - who is a former Democrat - is now running for the State Assembly District 39 seat as a Republican
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"She doesn't campaign there, she's never set foot there. I've never seen her on Roosevelt Avenue," he said.
"This is a few blocks off from where I literally live. I live and breathe this every single day.
"I would gladly give her a tour. I would walk her through everything, let her see exactly how it is and how it's affecting the quality of life for everybody that lives there."