Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez : (4)

" In terms of closing Rikers, we have to close Rikers, but we have to ensure that we’re not just taking – that we’re not continuing to incarcerate the same level of people. It doesn’t do us much good if we close Rikers and then take that same amount of people and just distribute them to be incarcerated elsewhere. " - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" It’s disingenuous to… pretend the sources of our money don’t impact the policy we write – you just can’t serve two masters. " - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" We have a political culture of intimidation, of favoring, of patronage, and of fear, and that is no way for a community to be governed. " - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" I’m not running from the left; I’m running from the bottom. I’m running in fierce advocacy for working-class New Yorkers. " - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez