New York City has a huge new red light district due to the arrival of hordes of Venezuelan immigrants working as prostitutes, Mayor Eric Adams said.

In recent weeks, sex workers have been seen walking the streets during the day, and many of them act aggressively even when children leave school or during lunch, as reported by New York site Pix 11, the Daily Mail reveals.

Roosevelt Avenue in the borough of Queens is lined with Venezuelan immigrants offering sexual services in the open, the so-called “Market of Love,” says Adams, for whom it is one of the visible signs of the crisis that could destroy the city.

Mayor Adams said Tuesday that the situation is just one of many ways the immigration crisis is impacting the city has received more than 120,000 new asylum seekers since last year. When asked by reporters about the open-air sex market, Adams said that after the situation was brought to his attention by local bosses, he visited the area himself, confirming that the “illegal” activity is carried out in public at all times. the day and the night.

The official said the city has identified two locations of concern: one in East New York in Brooklyn and the other on Roosevelt Avenue.

Adams lamented that this happens when an atmosphere is created that people cannot maintain on their own and have to resort to illegal activities to do so; However, he said he will focus on providing help to sex workers.

‘This problem will destroy New York City’: Mayor Eric Adams

The mayor also criticized what he called “local officials working against the city” to legalize sex work because they view it as decent work. ‘This is where idealism collides with realism… Some elected officials have told me that women are just trying to work: ‘why are you trying to hurt them?’ – (but) there are real problems around illegal sex work, from disease to sex trafficking of girls and violence,” she said.

“The president and the White House have failed the city of New York,” Democrat Adams even said in April in a criticism of Washington’s policies.

For months, thousands of Venezuelan asylum seekers have been bused north after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border by conservative Texas Governor Greg Abbot. Many have arrived in the so-called capital of the world and are housed in nursing homes and hotels.

Most Latin American migrants come from extreme poverty and have walked through the dangerous Darien Gap on their journey from the troubled socialist country.

Prostitution is considered a class B misdemeanor in New York, punishable by up to three months in prison and/or a fine of up to $500. Protecting a prostitute is a class A misdemeanor and punishable by up to one month in prison years and/or a fine of up to $1,000. (JO)