AOC criticizes NYC mayor for homeless man’s death on video.

Far-Left Congresswoman Blames Mayor for Homeless Man’s Death on Subway

Crime Wave in New York City

New York City is facing a crime wave, with robberies, burglaries, felony assaults, grand larcenies, and other crimes rising 22 percent last year. While Mayor Eric Adams has attempted to stem the tide, calling on the New York State Legislature to toughen its soft-on-crime bail reform law, Democrats in Albany want “no changes” to the law, the Washington Free Beacon reported.

Homeless Man’s Death on Subway

Jordan Neely, a homeless man, was riding in a Manhattan subway car when he started threatening and throwing garbage at passengers. “I’ll hurt anyone on this train,” Neely shouted, according to NBC New York 4. Other passengers restrained him, leading to his death.

The incident was caught on video, which depicts multiple people holding down Neely. One of them, reportedly a Marine veteran, put Neely in a headlock, which killed the homeless man, according to the medical examiner’s office. Police took the Marine veteran into custody but released him without charges, Fox News reported.

Ocasio-Cortez Blames Mayor for Homeless Man’s Death

Far-left congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) on Wednesday blamed Mayor Eric Adams for the death of Jordan Neely. “It is appalling how so many take advantage of headlines re: crime for an obsolete ‘tough on crime’ political, media, & budgetary gain,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote, a blow at Adams, who ran for office as a tough-on-crime moderate.

After the mayor said in a statement that “there’s a lot we don’t know” about the situation, Ocasio-Cortez demanded that he act anyway, directly criticizing his administration for “trying to cut the very services that could have helped” the homeless man.

Ocasio-Cortez ally and New York City comptroller Brad Lander (D.) struck a similar note, saying, “We must not become a city where a mentally ill human being can be choked to death by a vigilante without consequence.”

Another Ocasio-Cortez ally, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D., Mass.), went even further, saying that Neely was “lynched.”

Mayor Responds to Criticism

Adams in a CNN interview Thursday gave it right back to his critics, saying that “I don’t think” Ocasio-Cortez’s and Lander’s remarks are “very responsible.” “We’re still investigating this situation,” the mayor said. “Let’s let the DA conduct his investigation with the law-enforcement officials. To really interfere with that is not the right thing to do, and I’m going to be responsible and allow them to do their job.”

Investigation of Marine Veteran

While police let the Marine veteran go, soft-on-crime Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg (D.) announced Wednesday that his office is investigating the veteran.

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