AOC castigated for calling New York City unaffordable for working-class as editorial blames her policies
"The people who are moving out of the city are not by and large the wealthiest people. They’re the working class. They can’t afford to live here anymore," she said, while making a pitch to tax the city’s rich more.
The editorial ripped AOC’s sympathy for the working class, blaming her and her political allies for pushing policies that have caused the current crisis, like pushing for allowing immigrants into the country that have inundated New York in particular.
"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who represents parts of the Bronx and Queens, is, after all, a Democratic Socialist. Look at what occasioned the digital town hall where she spoke: recently announced cuts across city agencies. Why are these needed? To pay for the migrants AOC and her ilk demand we admit in infinite numbers, and house and feed forever at a cost of more than $12 billion through fiscal 2025," the editorial stated.
It then mentioned progressives’ housing policies: "What about housing? A recent survey shows a third of New Yorkers are paying over half their income for rent. Lefties used that fact to call for even more rent control — which in fact is a huge reason city housing is so limited."
The Post also noted how these lawmakers have "done so much to reduce the amount of housing, from blocking renewal of the 421a tax break for developers (responsible for the vast majority of new affordable housing in the past two decades) to 2019’s Tenant Protection Act, which has taken 43,000 units off the market because it doesn’t let landlords cover the costs of bringing old apartments up to code."
As a result, "the city’s on track to see only 11,000 new units built this year, half the number from 2022."
The board also ripped Ocasio-Cortez’s climate change agenda, claiming that it is "already sending power prices for New Yorkers skyward."
It also skewered progressives’ "criminal justice ‘reforms,'" noting they’ve resulted in "billions of dollars stolen by shoplifting thugs from retailers big and small."
Criticizing her solution to these issues, the outlet continued, "AOC offered her usual prescription on this issue: Tax the rich! But they’re fleeing the state and city in droves, also thanks to our progressive overlords."
