In New York’s 14th Congressional District, frustration with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (D-NY), has boiled over.

Constituents in the Bronx and Queens, fed up with their absentee representative, expressed their frustration in interviews with the New York Post, warning AOC prioritizes her national profile over their needs, reportedly leaving her district offices understaffed and unresponsive. At the same time, she jets across the country eyeing a 2028 presidential run.

The former bartender-turned-congresswoman, raking in nearly $2 million annually, is under fire for doing little to justify the expense, with locals accusing her of abandoning the working-class communities that elected her.

The Post’s scathing report paints a damning picture: AOC’s Bronx office is open just one day a week, while her Queens office shuts down every Friday.

Phone calls go unanswered, constituents face "by appointment only" signs, or encounter surveillance cameras just to seek help.

"This woman has done nothing for the community she was once again elected to serve,” Lauro Vazquez of Woodside, Queens, told the Post, echoing a chorus of discontent.

Once-monthly town halls are now rare, with AOC often phoning in or dashing out after taking just a handful of questions, as she did at a recent Jackson Heights event where she gave a packed auditorium less than an hour before speeding off in an idling SUV.

Residents like Tatiana Lacatus of Jackson Heights slammed AOC’s jet-setting lifestyle, saying, "It’s hard to find a private plane – it’s Easter weekend. She’s too big for us."

Elmhurst’s Ramses Frias, a Republican City Council candidate, chimed in, warning AOC is an “absentee landlord."

"She’s flying around on private jets, talking about the 'oligarchy,' which is not really resonating with the regular guy – the person going shopping over here at the supermarket."

Federal Election Commission records show AOC spent at least $101,788 on flights in the past year alone, including trips for her “Fighting the Oligarchy” tour with Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Since bursting onto the scene in 2018, AOC has been no stranger to controversy.

Her opposition to Amazon’s planned Queens headquarters, which would have brought 25,000 jobs to her district, drew fierce backlash.

"We need to focus on good healthcare, living wages, affordable rent. Corporations that offer none of those things should be met w/ skepticism," she claimed at the time.

Critics, including Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa, argue she "killed the Amazon deal, ghosted her district, and thinks viral TikToks make her a legislator."

In 2021, AOC made headlines volunteering at a Houston food bank after Texas’ winter storms, helping raise over $5 million, but her constituents fumed that the bid was all showboating for optics – she offered little aid to New Yorkers hit by Hurricane Ida that same year.

AOC’s financial dealings have also raised eyebrows.

Her campaign’s $9.6 million haul in the first quarter of 2025 shattered records, fueling speculation of a White House bid.

However, her office’s request for local businesses to fill out a survey on tariffs was seen as a ploy to bash President Trump and boost her national profile.

“Now you are digging for dirt?” retired nurse Jeanette Geary fumed in an interview with the Post.

AOC's constituents are also fuming over her dismissal of an $8 billion casino proposal near Citi Field that they believe will destroy their community.

"The Citi Field Park has been redistricted out of my district. I have respectfully made my position on this known to folks who are weighing in on it," AOC said. "I don’t really have anything to do on that besides making my position known."

AOC campaign volunteer Aimee Rosato expressed disappointment in the New York Democrat, noting, "I wish she did more. We don’t need a casino, it drives me a bit wild.”

Even fellow Democrats are fed up. A longtime Queens progressive told the Post, "She’s always on TV trying to build up her profile, not to represent her neighbors and fight for funding for her constituents."

Councilman Robert Holden, a moderate Democrat, added, "She can’t be bothered doing mundane constituent services like addressing quality of life issues in her district. She’s too busy trying to make our entire country into a carbon copy of the failed Soviet Union."

Despite the local backlash, AOC is being floated as a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender.

The Hill’s Amie Parnes listed her alongside heavyweights like Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Gavin Newsom, with one strategist praising her ability to "cut through the BS and tell it like it is."

However, her progressive record could be a liability. "She and the ‘squad’ started pushing too hard, too fast," another strategist told The Hill. “D.C. doesn’t work that way. And our party doesn’t work that way. We need to get back to the basics."

After Harris’ landslide loss to President-elect Donald Trump, some Democrats, like strategist Julie Roginsky, blamed the party’s disconnect with "normal people," citing terms like “Latinx” as alienating voters.

AOC, however, attributes Harris’ defeat to "misogyny" and racism.

"This race may not have been decided by any one individual factor, but misogyny is very, very real in this country," she said on a November 6 livestream. "As another widely known woman of color in office, you know, I knew that sexism and racism were real, but it was not until I got subjected to a national stage that I actually was shocked at how bad it is."

While AOC commands crowds in Missoula and Nampa, her Bronx and Queens constituents are left with shuttered offices, unanswered phones, and a representative more interested in viral soundbites than their daily struggles.

If AOC thinks she can waltz from TikTok to the White House, she might want to check in with the folks back home—assuming AOC can find them between her private jet pitstops.