AOC and Constantinides support a ‘renewable Rikers Island’ | Queens Daily Eagle

A line down the block? A clump of protesters holding a “Trump 2020” banner?

Call it the AOC effect.

Queens lawmakers, including U.S. Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, joined advocates Thursday to discuss installing means of renewable energy production on Rikers Island, as the city looks ahead to the phase for the land under the set-to-close jails complex. Continue reading.