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Curtis Sliwa and Andrew Cuomo are warning that a prostitution-plagued strip in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ’s district will only get worse and could fuel a citywide explosion of vice if Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor.

The rampant sex trade along the seedy strip has been likened to a "red light district" with women soliciting sex in broad daylight and gang crime an everyday reality for local residents. The FBI previously told Fox News Digital that it has made the issue a top priority in its efforts to combat violent crime and prostitution.

Sex work along Roosevelt Avenue erupted as a campaign flashpoint after the issue was raised during a recent mayoral debate, with the former New York governor pressing Mamdani over his

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