AOC meets with NYC Jewish group for first time, ending what some called a snub

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., met with one of New York City’s leading Jewish groups last week for the first time since taking office in 2019 — putting an end to what some had called a snub. 

Ocasio-Cortez, now in her second term in Congress, told the head of the Jewish Community Relations Council, Michael Miller, she hadn’t yet met with city or statewide Jewish groups sooner because she has been "focused on our backyard," the Jewish Telegraph Agency reported.

She said she has worked with smaller Jewish groups in the Bronx and Queens and the liberal nonprofit advocacy group J Street.