No-show congresswoman’: Embattled NYC mayor lashes out at AOC

 The popular member of Congress called on the mayor to step down earlier in the day.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said: “Nonstop investigations will make it impossible to recruit and retain a qualified administration.” | Angelina Katsanis/POLITICO

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams slammed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — one of his political foes — as a “no-show congresswoman” amid mounting turmoil in his administration.

“I don’t listen to those comments that come from a, you know, just basically a no-show congresswoman. She’s not doing constituent services in her district,” Adams told a local TV reporter Wednesday evening, when asked to respond to the popular left-flank politician calling on him to resign.

“I do constituent services every day as the mayor of the city of New York,” Adams added. “I don’t know when the last time they saw her in her congressional district.”

Shortly after his remarks, the New York Times reported he has been indicted on federal criminal charges, making him the first mayor in the history of New York City to be charged while serving in office.

Federal agents have been probing Adams’ 2021 mayoral campaign over allegations of ties to Turkey. More recently they raided the homes or seized the phones of five top aides in what appears to be a different corruption probe.

Adams has said he did nothing wrong.

Ocasio-Cortez, one of the most influential members of Congress, was the first to call on him to resign.

“The flood of resignations and vacancies are threatening government function,” she said in a statement on X. “Nonstop investigations will make it impossible to recruit and retain a qualified administration.”