“I don't know where it started,' Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says about reported friction between her and Mayor Eric Adams. 'But I'm interested in bettering the lives of our constituents. And to be fair, I think the mayor has those interests as well.”
Donate NowThey have been portrayed as two powerful but opposing New York politicians prone to trading barbs on Twitter or in the press.
In response to the congresswoman’s comments, Adams issued a statement that was both conciliatory and complimentary. Similarly, when he was asked during a January interview with Politico if he had a relationship with Ocasio-Cortez, Adams acknowledged their shared goals in helping working-class New Yorkers.
Her meeting in the Bronx last week was intended to extol a Jacobi Hospital program that recently published findings in a medical journal showing a significant reduction in community gun violence. The congresswoman has assisted the program with more than $1.2 million in federal funding. But the prospect of future federal money has now dimmed under a Republican-controlled House.
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