Congress Report AOC Claims New York City Crime Surge Is Due To Unemployment Causing People ‘To Shoplift’ Posted on July 13, 2020July 14, 2020 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) suggested the recent crime surge plaguing New York City is due to “record unemployment” that is causing people to be put in a position to “shoplift some bread or go hungry that night.” VIEW the POST Share