REVEALED: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez aka AOC - Dickjackman1 - Medium
Over the months of July, August and September (2019) I will be releasing my findings from my investigation into her lies, fibs, half truths and left out facts. I’ve been on her “trail” since November 2018 and still occasionally find something new. Everyone is still focused on her to this day amazingly, so if that is all you care about, this will be the place for you. I’m no longer interested in her (but still keep an eye on things and try to highlight lies and intent) as I’ve discovered how deep this goes and more importantly what they aren’t telling the public about their REAL plans for 2030.
Over the last 4 months I realized more and more that she is nothing more than a viral video. She is one of many who have quietly run for a seat in government over the last 10 years from this organization who in reality is of the Green and Working Families Party. She is just the first to win, win in a major way, express a “trendy” attitude and manages to appeal on social media quite effectively.
Before I start the release, for those that follow me please know I will continue my work on the real mastermind. The single person with his hands in everything and plugged in to every single aspect of the organization. The cyber activist who dreamed this whole thing up since 1999. Again to reiterate, someone who has led to finding so monumental that everything you’ll read in this will look like PEANUTS. I still remember the first time I saw his name and it rang a bell… I had seen that name somewhere… but who was he… March 3rd, 2019 was the day I said… I should look into this guy Zack Exley a bit and see if there is anything interesting… almost 4 months later I’ve written a book about him…
…but that story is for another day. Now on to AOC’s life. The facts, and nothing but the facts.
June 2nd, 1986:
Sergio, born November 24th, 1959 and 26 years old at the time, buys 1525 Unionport Road, #4D. Takes out 30-Year Mortgage of $32,100 with Citibank (Source One Mortgage at the time prior to acquisition), due July 1, 2016, in his name only, which may suggest he was still single and had not taken the trip to Puerto Rico yet where he met/married Blanca. Assumed sale price was in the range of $35,000-$40,000. Assumed Interest Rate 10.5–11.25% given the month/time vs. historical mortgage rates.
Reference: New York City Department of Finance — Office of the City Register. General knowledge. AOC’s direct comments. Google Search.
November 9th, 1988:
Kirschenbaum & Ocasio-Roman Architects, P.C. is formed.
I wish I had better news for you on this one, but Alex Irwin Kirschenbaum (unconfirmed alias Abraham Kirschenbaum) is a GHOST. Not completely, I have small tidbits of information, but overall there is a lesson to be learned here. If you never want anyone to pick up on your digital trail there is an easy way to accomplish that… never establish one!
There are others (67 y.o. in Rhinebeck/Eastside NYC, Dr. Kirschenbaum and a host of younger people) with the same name so don’t rush to think EUREKA I FOUND HIM! In this case, a quick hit will likely be a false one so if you decide to challenge yourself on this one, just make sure you verify and validate along every step of the way.
He is the Alex Kirschenbaum you’ll find in NYC job records so that is a good place to start if you do want to give this a go.
He is in his 70’s (breadcrumbs suggest 70 on the button), lives in Yorktown Heights a few blocks from where AOC grew up (not by accident, he followed Sergio there) and has ties to a doctor (suspected girlfriend since they are not wed as far as I could tell and alternatively I suppose could be a live in registered nurse given his age) who also has a place (townhouse/apartment) in Pennsylvania.
Kirschenbaum & Ocasio-Roman Architects, P.C. (KOR Architects) is designated as Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) status. This requires 51% ownership by someone within a designated disadvantaged race/ethnicity. Alex Kirschenbaum is noted as the Vice President but I would point out that this is noteworthy that Kirschenbaum leads the Company name. Why would someone who owned over 50% of a company be OK with being the afterthought in the namesake?
Answer: Preferential treatment in the bidding and award process when it comes to both city jobs and other jobs that are required to submit and report diversity statistics to ensure equality and fairness among its bidders. It was no secret in the business world that a large amount of businesses were falsifying (either entirely or in part) their company makeup in terms of ownership in order to get this coveted status. For example, Jim owns a business. Jim is white. Jim runs the day to day of the organization and owns 60%. The other 40% is owned by Mark. Mark is African American and has an arrangement with Jim that his role in the company is really more about the financing of the 40% with a few hours here or there per week which he spreads across his other invested companies. One day Jim and Mark have a discussion and realize that they may be able to increase the number of jobs they are awarded by as much as double if they pursued a Minority Owned Business Enterprise certification. Mark would compensate Jim for the 11% to get him to the 51% on paper and they would have an understanding that Jim would continue to operate the business and at the most, Mark would have to attend some presentations and meet and greets with prospective clients, but to possibly double the business (or more) this would be a well worthwhile investment.
So we have two problems here that create doubt and difficulty to corroborate her statements. The first warning sign is within the naming convention, leading with Kirschenbaum. As noted, if Alex K. is of a diverse background/ ethnicity, then this goes away. The next issue is that as noted, the status of MBE means (unless previously mentioned statement about Alex K. is true) Sergio owns 51% of the company. To be extra clear, we can assume that Sergio would have reaped at least 51% of profits from business operations. If it was his Latino heritage that got them MBE status and he wasn’t collecting 51% of the profits, then it was an illegal declaration of MBE status and there are some serious violations in play here involving city/state/federal fraud (I think, I’m not a lawyer). We’ll later go on to find out that there is a pattern of a checkered past with regards to taxes. Tax amounts that would certainly suggest a fairly successful practice as I’ll detail shortly. So, given the tax amounts we can estimate the revenue and in a business with low expenses we can also get to a ballpark of what a majority owner would be pulling in. I’d love an actual small business owner of a Architecture firm to chime in to validate my low expenses statement. As far as I can tell they operated (at first) out of their own apartments (then later a shared apt converted to office) with only the paper and drawing equipment as true expenses. They had little to no internet/digital advertising, paper (that I could find) advertising or a staff on hand for at least the first couple years before hiring relatives.
I also want to be very clear, the above is speculation. We’re talking about me trying to learn about a small business operating in the late 80’s and early 90’s with little to no digital footprint. I have no clue if the above is accurate and fair to say about KOR Architects, but I have to put it out there for a few reasons. I would ask the question who, financially, owned 51% or more of the company? From what I can tell Sergio was absolutely the one who did the work, traveled to the city offices and filed the paperwork (permits, blueprints, etc…) and clearly ran the day to day of the small business. So while in terms of what the MBE/WBE (women) certification process is intended to do and whom it should benefit is directionally correct, I’d question whether or not Kirschenbaum is in one of these protected groups, however, if he was then this entire possible situation is tossed out the window and all is legitimate and in line with rules and regulations put in place.
In any event and the point I am trying to make, one of the following two statements MUST be true (unless Alex is a legitimate MBE)
A) Sergio brought home 51% of the profits of KOR Architects.
B) KOR Architects violated the rules and regulations of the MBE designation and thereby also committed fraud with regards to city funded projects, primarily in the Bronx.
The key piece of information in the above mentioned multiple times is the ethnicity of Alex K. As previously mentioned, Alex Kirschenbaum is an online ghost. A possible scenario and ASSUMPTION could be made that this is who AOC refers to when she says that within her bloodline, there is some trace of the Jewish faith, and if true this would likely stem back to Puerto Rico, make him Latino and eligible to obtain MBE status.
At some point in 1989, KOR Architects becomes the Architect of record for Parkchester Preservation Corp. (manages a TON of apartments, primarily in the Bronx). Because of a 1999 bid, we can make a solid ASSUMPTION that there is at least one huge paying job every 5 years valued at around $375,000 — $400,000. This is stated in a later article in 2000 regarding when KOR brings a lawsuit (or at least a threat of one on the foundation of racism) to Parkchester Preservation Corp which I will detail later on in my year 2000 summary.
October 13th, 1989:
PARTY LIKE IT’S 1989!!!!!!!!!!!! Blanca gives birth to a bold, audacious and fresh faced baby girl… Alexandria Ocasio-Roman. Until I see an original birth certificate, I feel fairly confident that this would have been her birth name as far as the state was concerned given that Sergio purchased properties under the name Ocasioroman, Sergio (and even Blanca had that name associated on legal papers). My own personal belief is that this little complication is created based on the fact that they traveled to and got married in Puerto Rico and I have a feeling (not a fact) that this lack of legal and New York state proper documentation of marital status is what would eventually lead to the problems that Blanca and family would have years later in the probate court, not as they like to blame, because of a corrupt legal system. There is a time for that story later though.
Awwww, cute!
December 31st, 1991:
A little 2 years after AOC is born, Sergio buys 1965 Longvue St. in Yorktown Heights, NY. The property technically consists of two plots of land. The primary being designated a “210 1 Family Residence” and the other being a “311 Residence Vacant Land.”
REF: State of New York, County Westchester, Town of Yorktown Town Final Tax Roll.
Original Mortgage Holder of the property was Green Point Savings Bank. This bank, now defunct and taken over by Capital One was known at the time for writing simple (min necessary paperwork) mortgage loans. The purchase price has been tough to track down, due to some reports which do also align with expectations, I believe the purchase price was $150K.
Keep that first part in mind… she was a little over two years old… yet they moved her there by her own account when she was five? Why didn’t they move in to it over the following 36 months? I could come up with 10 theories but because of that exact fact, I won’t make one because there are too many reasons this may have been true. Chalk this one up to a mystery.
REF: Property Records/Deeds.
October 13th, 1993:
Happy Birthday AOC!
KOR Architects: Architect of record for Parkchester Preservation Corp. Because of a 1999 bid ($420,000), we can make a solid ASSUMPTION that this is valued at $390,000 — $400,000 for this 1994 job.
May 19th, 1994:
Interesting coincidence on timing related to below entry on 5/23/1994. https://casetext.com/case/matter-of-promesa-v-ny-st-dept-of-hlt — May be coincidence… but Promesa vs. New York State Department of Health 7 days prior to the below found case? Promesa was Gov’t funded (headed by Felix Velaquez at the time) and faced corruption charges, had an employee murdered and following Felix, new CEO acknowledged crooked business practices prior to 2000. Could all, given KOR’s long suit with Promesa be an underlying Ocasio-Cortez family hatred for 1) Government, 2) Corruption, 3) Healthcare, 4) Politicians. Promesa at the time had a place on Clay Ave. and “owns and manages 200 low-income apartments reclaimed in abandoned buildings.” which could have been some work KOR had done for Promesa and resulted in a lawsuit that KOR sued over in court disputes that went from 1994–2000. The lengthy case alone could also be a reason for distaste of legal system as well.
PROMESA reference links:
https://www.nydailynews.com/promises-bronx-article-1.827024 —
May 23rd, 1994:
Kirschenbaum Ocasio-Roman P C vs. Promesa Inc — Ran from 5/23/94 to 8/5/1994 in Westchester County courts. Why they filed there for work in the Bronx is not clear given the work and KOR Architects were based in the Bronx, but I’m not a legal expert.
The suit result (in Westchester County courts) seems to have gone nowhere as could be expected. Officially referred to “BRONX CTY” courts on 8/27/1994.
REF: Westchester County Clerk — Westchester Records Online. Court online summary records. IMAGES AVAILABLE WITH PAID FEES, not worth my dime, sorry.
- NOTE: Around this timeframe, Promesa (https://casetext.com/case/matter-of-promesa-v-ny-st-dept-of-hlt) was under EXTREME scrutiny for hiding money. An auditor was murdered outside the office around this timeframe who was looking into the matter.
- https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/11/nyregion/a-co-worker-is-charged-in-slaying-of-drug-aide.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=EC5904FA83978A96147A0F0F2D9CC71C&gwt=pay
- https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/08/nyregion/for-150-contract-police-say-2-youths-killed-accountant.html
November 7th, 1994:
Citibank, N.A. vs. Ocasio, Sergio — Files for Foreclosure. Bronx Supreme Court. This would be related to 1525 Unionport #4D apartment given the jurisdiction. Based on a “Disposition Date: 09/25/1995”, ASSUMED that is when everything was resolved.
REF: New York State Unified Court System, Bronx Supreme Court, WebCivil online system.
- Comment: AOC talks a lot about how Banks were scoping out the house, taking pictures, etc… but as we will go on to find out… I don’t blame them. A mortgage company technically owns the house as collateral until the entire balance is paid off so when in foreclosure, they’d want to get up to date pictures and begin valuing the property if needed to go on sale. But I’m not an expert on these industries and their typical business practices.
July 26th — 27th, 1995:
Kirschenbaum Ocasio-Roman Architects P C vs. MT Vernon Housing Authority. Unknown resolution/issue.
REF: Westchester County Clerk — Westchester Records Online. IMAGES AVAILABLE WITH PAID FEES.
August 4th, 1995:
KOR Architects go to court due to some kind contractual issue… would love any feedback from a legal expert about how in the world you can go to court against no one?
What appears to have happened here is that Mt. Vernon took them to court for some reason. Upon going through the legal process it was determined that KOR Architects had done nothing wrong and whatever monies had been held on the side pending the outcome, were released to the small company. This assumption is largely based on the fact that then all the sudden…
September 25th, 1995:
Citibank, N.A. vs. Ocasio, Sergio — Foreclosure issue appears to be resolved. Bronx Supreme Court. This would be related to 1525 Unionport #4D given the jurisdiction. Based on a “Disposition Date: 09/25/1995”, assume that is when everything was resolved. An ASSUMPTION can be made they used the lawsuit funds to pay off the title holder mortgage company.
REF: New York State Unified Court System, Bronx Supreme Court, WebCivil online system.
May 24th, 1996:
“NYS Tax Commission vs. Sergio Ocasioroman and Blanca Ocasioroman” (Legal name in all NYS documents until sometime after the probate. This is important because one of the major pain points of her family’s life that she has been very public about is the corrupt and lengthy Probate process she went thru and this naming convention may have to some degree led to those complications. The names noted on this legal paperwork also is what led me to the belief until proved otherwise that she was born Alexandria Ocasioroman (or Ocasio-Roman)). Judgement Amount $3,724.93. “Last Amendment 11/30/1999” which I ASSUME means was paid by that point and closed.
REF: Westchester County Clerk — Westchester Records Online. Images/Filings available for purchase.
July 18th, 1996:
Sergio Ocasio Roman and Alex Kirschenbaum buy 1510 Archer Road, TB, Bronx NY for $25,000. Bought from Marie Louise Wilkens.
REF: New York City Department of Finance — Office of the City Register. The $25,000 was found on Zillow property prior sales section of page.
December 9th, 1997:
Ocasio-Roman, Kirschenbaum vs. Promesa, Inc. filed in Bronx Supreme court. “Contract-Standard.” NOI Filed. Seeking legal interpretation.
May, 1998:
Eduardo “Alex” Yepes-Roman (You’ll soon find out why this name is important. A.K.A. YEAR ONE STRATEGIES, STRATEGIES, YEAR ONE) starts working for KOR Architects, P C. (this is also important for later).
REF: Chamber of Commerce & Alex Yepes LinkedIn page.
Alex is Sergio’s brother or brother-in-law and husband/partner of Rebecca Rodriguez (If you follow AOC, you have recently started seeing her in lots of pictures after she took office in January 2019. A.K.A. EOS STRATEGIES, STRATEGIES, EOS).
March 25, 1999:
Citigroup buys Source One Mortgage, title holder of Sergio’s Bronx apartment (Unionport).
REF: News Sources online, google search.
Quick pause and refresh, the family of four at this point has one (1) house in Yorktown Heights, one (1) apartment in a condo community (Parkchester) in the Bronx and a half (1/2) share of an office apartment also in Bronx for the small family business, KOR Architects. 2019 Property Collection Value: $375K (house), $250K (apartment — Unionport), $80K (the half share of Archer Rd. work apartment) = $605,000 (+/- 5%).
August 18th, 1999:
A lot of activity in the case (vs. Promesa). Multiple judges, 10 total sessions. Disposition date was 6/23/2000.
REF: New York State Unified Court System online records.
November 30th, 1999:
Closed NYS Tax Commission vs. Sergio OcasioRoman / Blanca OcasioRoman from 5/24/1996.
REF: Westchester Clerk online records. Per earlier mentions, per legal state records the family is still documented as “OcasioRoman” which one could make the assumption would mean 10 year old Alexandria is AOR???
December 23rd, 1999:
Copelco Capital, Inc. vs. Kirschenbaum & Ocasio-Roman Architects, PC — Civil Case in the Bronx County Civil Court. Disposition Date 9/31/2007. New York State Unified Court System online records. Index Number CV-026021–99/BX. Withdrawn on 7/27/2000. Requires more research by someone with more access or knowledge on legal system. Has a disposition date of 9/21/2007 but nothing was seemingly happening between 2000 and 2007.
Note: Copelco Capital Funding LLC 99–1 (“Registrant”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Citicorp Vendor Finance, Inc., which was formerly known as Copelco Capital, Inc. (“Copelco”);
1) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1075914/0000902561-01-500269.txt
But was the case closed?
I’m legitimately asking the question. In February 2017 a settlement is reached… I wonder how much and if Alex K. gave the Ocasio-Cortez family their share?
KOR Architects sues Parkchester Preservation for $15,000,000 (basically the organization who maintains a swath of buildings in the Bronx, most notably the apartment buildings including and surrounding the Ocasio-Cortez (Unionport) Bronx one.
Unclear if this ever materialized, but an educated ASSUMPTION could suggest they got a quick and easy settlement check from the organization, however that is nothing more than a calculated guess. I would ESTIMATE approximately ¼ of the job, so around $100,000. KOR would later complete more jobs for Parkchester as recorded in NYC logs so something in their favor had to have happened. LEGAL DIGGING WOULD BE OF ASSISTANCE.
REF: https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Former+Parkchester+South+architects+sue+board+and+CPC.-a070658370
June 23rd, 2000:
Closed six-year case of KOR vs. Promesa, Inc. Bronx Supreme Court.
Started in the Bronx Supreme Court in 12/9/97 (and earlier for when filed in Westchester — 1994). On this date it was closed out and noted as “SETTLED BEFORE TRIAL”.
REF: New York State Unified Court System online records. CASE FILES COULD STRENGTHEN THIS.
September 5, 2000:
NYS Tax Commission vs. Sergio Ocasioroman and Blanca Ocasioroman. Judgement Amount $4,578.27.
“Last Amendment 2/21/2003” which I assume means was paid by that point and closed.
REF: Westchester County Clerk — Westchester Records Online. Images/Filings available for purchase.
June 22, 2001:
Alex Yepes-Roman starts “PRNY, Inc.”
Goes out of business 7/28/2010. Didn’t pay taxes, forcibly closed. “Dissolution by proclamation. If a New York corporation doesn’t voluntarily dissolve and doesn’t file franchise tax returns or pay franchise taxes for two or more years, the New York Secretary of State may dissolve the corporation by proclamation.”
As far as I can tell, this is a ghost business. A shell company. Something set up specifically to exist on paper and not really directly trail back to any actual person, instead only to the registered agent who set up, established and manages the paperwork of the company. But that said we know it is his… since he claims as such on his LinkedIn page.
September 3rd, 2001:
1510 Archer Road TB, receives a Notice of Lien for Common Charges in the amount of $1,764.81, payable and due for the period through and including 9/30/2001. An educated ASSUMPTION would be that monthly Condo Fees are $882/mo. So Ocasio-Cortez family would be on hook for roughly $441 (other half to Alex K.).
REF: New York City Department of Finance — Office of the City Register.
October 22nd, 2001:
IRS issues assessment that KOR Architects owes $3,796.56 in taxes(?) (Paid 2/15/2002? “RECORDED / FILED”)
REF: New York City Department of Finance — Office of the City Register.
- NOTE: NYC Department of Finance, City Register, labels this as a “RELEASE OF FEDERAL LIEN” and has a starting “Recorded/Filed” date of 2/15/2002 (“FEDERAL LIEN-IRS), and another matching type entry, “DOC DATE” of 4/14/2004, and that line item has “Recorded/Filed” of 8/19/2004 1:24:04 PM (Release). REQUIRES LEGAL INTERPRETATION OF ALL THIS.
December 17th, 2001:
IRS issues assessment that KOR Architects owes $5,994.33 in taxes. (Paid 3/5/2002? “RECORDED / FILED”)
REF: New York City Department of Finance — Office of the City Register
- NOTE: NYC Department of Finance, City Register, labels this as a “RELEASE OF FEDERAL LIEN” and has a starting “Recorded/Filed” date of 3/5/2002 (“FEDERAL LIEN-IRS), and another matching type entry, “DOC DATE” of 4/14/2004, and that line item has “Recorded/Filed” of 8/19/2004 1:24:05 PM (Release). REQUIRES LEGAL INTERPRETATION OF ALL THIS.
May 17th, 2002:
NYS Tax Commission vs. Sergio Ocasioroman and Blanca Ocasioroman. Judgement Amount $1,820.42. “Last Amendment 5/15/2003” which I assume means was paid by that point and closed.
REF: Westchester County Clerk — Westchester Records Online.
February 21st, 2003:
Paid Tax owed as a result of IRS case from 9/5/2000 entry.
REF: Westchester Clerk online records.
May 15th, 2003:
Paid Tax owed as a result of IRS case from 5/17/2002 entry.
REF: Westchester Clerk online records.
August/September, 2003:
Starts school at Yorktown High School. Obtains the nickname “Sandy.”
Summer, 2005:
One of two people from the NE who forked over a couple hundred dollars (to attend) and participated in the National Hispanic Institute’s “National LDZ” held at DePaul University (Chicago).
Putting aside the location of the event, this would be a key point in her life given it would be where she would first be introduced to the world of politics outside, as she puts it, the dinner table with family. She would get the opportunity here to learn some 101 legislative skills at this week long camp at a local/regional institution.
It was also a critical step in ensuring that laid down a path to get to college. As everyone knows (I hope) colleges and universities strive to meet certain diversity numbers in their admissions in an effort to prove they are diverse and all inclusive. My understanding/educated theory is partnerships with organizations such as NHI are how, in this case, they would have access to a pipeline of solid candidates that they could access and help them fulfill certain admission statistic goals without having to go thru every single application completed by a diverse checkbox candidate.
The LDZ is defined as;
“Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session — High school sophomore students who attend the “LDZ” can select from one of five national sites, plus an abroad program. Among the most nationally recognized summer learning experiences, two primary goals drive this program: a) introducing students to community stewardship and engaging them in a governance experience. As an organization committed to supplying the future Latino community with its more capable candidates, the LDZ is an extraordinary, fast-paced process of self-learning that does much to change-mindsets, uplift spirits, encourage creativity, and learn from the example of peers. While lifetime friends are formed through this program, by far the overriding outcome for participants is realizing that while they are likely to attain multiple career goals in their life pursuits, also investing time, talent, and effort in furthering Latino community quality of life adds to the benefits that others receive as well.” — NHI Magazine
In a 2017 magazine article, they define the event; “The Great Debate encourages students to become better public speakers, and the Lorenzo de Zavala (LDZ) program allows students to learn public policy. At the LDZ, students go as far as to participate in a legislative session where they run for various posts — many become Representatives or Senators, creating their own version of Congress for just a few short days. While some NHI alumni do pursue political office, inspired by their experience, NHI members find different avenues for providing leadership and community engagement.”
REF: http://www.nhimagazine.com/2017/06/26/three-nhi-alumni-run-congress-2018/
While at the LDZ, she didn’t win or get nominated for any positions… the House, Speaker… nada. “I talk about my experience with NHI quite a bit on the campaign trail. I talk about my work as an Education Director, and uhhh, just in general. Sometimes journalists will ask me well what did you do as an Educational Director with the NHI?”
REF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NggfWWravs&t=687s
August 26th, 2005:
Alex Yepes-Roman starts Canela Spa, Inc.
A spa, hair and salon place practically across the street from where AOC apartment is/was. Did not go well. According to reviews, lasted until around 2012–13.
Some reports/tweets have recently come my way about AOC claiming to have worked in a nail salon, if accurate, this would make logistical sense for her situation. In this hypothetical, in 2005 and 2006 (maybe 2007–2010) she would have commuted in with her father who would have gone to work at his Unionport or Archer apartment and she could have walked over from the Unionport apartment to the Canela Spa quite easily. This may have lasted into her college years, but all of this is unknown. If true… I’d think nepotism would be something she’d be against since she is against inheritances and the entire Trump family. This would have been an unfair advantage which would have kept someone more qualified from getting a job. Hopefully one day we’ll find out but this one stays a mystery!
January 5th, 2006:
Based on NYC Tax Assessment Final 2006 Assessment Roll, mortgage holder was changed from Source One Mortgage Service (due to earlier noted acquisition). Citibank purchased Source One Mortgage Service in 1999 so Citibank was once again the parent mortgage holder for #4D.
REF: NYC Tax Assessor, prior findings above, news report via google on acquisition.
March thru May, 2006:
Starts cleaning up on the Science circuit with all kind of awards that come with cash, scholarships and gifts.
All the pictures have been wiped it seems… well not the above one!
REF: https://www.yhsresearch.org/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/ , https://web.archive.org/web/20070630120423/http://www.nyssef.org/finalWebsite/home.htm , https://web.archive.org/web/20060505001801/http://www.wesef.org/Winner%20List%202006.htm , https://www.westchesterlegislators.com/media-center/887-county-legislature-honors-science-fair-winners.html , https://web.archive.org/web/20180918151224/https://www.westchesterlegislators.com/media-center/887-county-legislature-honors-science-fair-winners.html
2006: Yorktown Heights High School
Summer, 2006:
Participated in the National Hispanic Institutes College World Series — New York.
This event is defined;
“Collegiate World Series — High school juniors who gain admission to the CWS get a real life taste of what’s to come as they transition from the security and oversight of their parents to independent adulthood. Conducted over five days, the CWS consists of two distinctive features: a) receiving a final review of the college admission process from actual college counselors invited by NHI; and b) developing insight into the use of inquiry-based learning as a key tool in personal decision making and life management. Sometimes referred to as NHI’s “capstone” experience, this learning project has earned the reputation among former participants as being among the most important learning opportunities for emerging high school seniors.” — NHI Magazine
This organization would play a major role in her H.S. years and likely be a key reason she gets into Boston University:
November 28th, 2006:
Las Diablas (The Devils, feminine)
February 8th, 2007:
Sergio takes out a refinanced (or 2nd) mortgage on the Yorktown house with JPMorgan Chase. Based on 6/4/2007, PERHAPS to payoff the Bronx Apartment? Interesting maneuver, sadly the Interest rates during this timeframe were in the mid to high 6% range. That said, financially made sense none the less because in 1986 they were around 10%.
REF: Westchester Clerk online records. Google search on interest rates.
March, 2007:
6 of the 9 who entered, including “Sandy”, advanced on to the National science competitions.
The above noted advancement to the JSHS finals… did not place in any notable category and was not listed in any of the top (paid) 18 positions:
Or, after qualifying didn’t even attend???
REF: https://web.archive.org/web/20070731041409/http://www.jshs.org/forms/Student%20sessions.pdf
May, 2007:
AOC wins 2nd place (really somewhere between 3rd — 6th) at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) which was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico (expenses paid).
The Path to the Intel ISEF
To reach the Intel ISEF, you follow this path:
1. First, you compete in a high school or local science fair.
2. If you win at the high school or local level, you can then compete in a regional or state fair.
3. If you win at the regional or state level, you may be eligible to compete at the Intel ISEF. Each affiliated fair can send up to two individual finalists and one team consisting of up to three members to represent them at the Intel ISEF.
REF: https://web.archive.org/web/20070624171439/http://www.sciserv.org/isef/about/process.asp
NBC K-12 does a short video on the event which includes AOC in a snippet: https://www.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/flatview?cuecard=2296
https://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/browse/?cuecard=2296#
So at this point in her life she is into science as her path forward so to speak. Nothing wrong with that. What we’ll see in the next few years are the clear indications of her being an absolutely PERFECT activist in the making… an aimless wandering soul always seeking to find her purpose without ever being able to grasp anything… forcing her to look externally for the reasons and obstacles keeping her from finding happiness. This is a very common trait in the Progressive Left Activist, there is always a reason that the light at the end of the tunnel can never be reached… someone else’s fault… even if no one is there to stop her.
REF: https://www.societyforscience.org/content/ssp-blog/intel-isef-alumna-headed-capitol-hill
What they don’t tell you… is that “The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Presented by Agilent Technologies (Intel ISEF) — the world’s largest pre-college science competition — provides an opportunity for the best young scientists from around the globe to share ideas, showcase cutting-edge science projects, and compete for over $4 million in awards and scholarships.”
REF: https://web.archive.org/web/20080116212322/http://www.societyforscience.org/isef/about/index.asp
She was one of 17 winners (pages 31–33 is her field), her take home was $1,500. Here are the first and second place finishers:
REF: https://web.archive.org/web/20070614051908/http://www.sciserv.org/isef/results/grnd07.pdf
Also, given that the 2007 winners and runner ups get a planetary small body named after them (which we know about from numerous references one was named for her) I find it odd that she wasn’t on that list either…
REF: https://web.archive.org/web/20070715203511/http://www.ll.mit.edu/LINEAR/winners_2007.html#O
Then a few months later… her name is added. So not on any finalist lists, runner up lists, award lists, etc… then all of the sudden a few months later she is added to it? Clearly this is not any type of time traveling adjustment to the past record to include her and make a story out of it but I’m INSANELY curious to know what transpired to make them change their mind or add her later on… maybe just a clerical error. Who knows!
Winners (2) of her category:
Her entry:
But wait… there’s more! The list is littered with First Place, Second Place, Finalist and Mentor positions… seems they were giving out naming rights like hot cakes… including multiple second place finishes in the same categories… very interesting.
In fact, I found out later that;
All in all, there isn’t much consistency here with the way they award (since there were honorable mentioned also) but now my new question is… why didn’t she also get a “minor planet” in addition to the near earth asteroid? My two cents, down right racism.
Here are the OTHER SECOND PLACE FINISHERS IN HER SAME EXACT CATEGORY:
Remember playing soccer or baseball or most other sports as a kid? That is what this reminds me of, when you DIDN’T get first place and instead got a participation trophy. I can see the lady yelling out the window of a NYC apartment building in a Seinfeld episode while they watch the marathon runners go by… she yells; “YOU’RE ALL WINNERS!”
REF: https://web.archive.org/web/20080615041342/http://www.ll.mit.edu/outreach/2007honorees.html
Personally… just me here… I think she should give back the naming rights, strip herself of the award/finish in protest for the fact that the event is funded in party by… SHELL OIL! As a self-proclaimed science nerd even as a H.S. Senior she had to have known about the relation of fuel and climate change… right?
REF: https://web.archive.org/web/20080116232459/http://www.societyforscience.org/isef/about/sponsors.asp
Bottom line, in 2007 there were almost 100 pages of award winners spread out across all the sponsors. Still impressed… but coming in “2nd Place” is intentionally misleading and indicates out of a large pool she was #2 when in reality she is somewhere between 30th — 50th. Still impressive… just not as much.
REF: https://web.archive.org/web/20070617034739/http://www.sciserv.org/isef/results/index.asp
But the High School at it up and put out a proud press release (which they should have, don’t get me wrong)!
June 4th, 2007:
Sergio satisfies Mortgage with Citibank for 1525 Unionport, 4D due to above noted transaction.
REF: New York City Department of Finance — Office of the City Register
June 24th, 2007:
Graduates High School!
August 31st 2007:
Approximate date Alexandria leaves for College to attend Boston University on a scholarship as she has noted in tweets about cost of education. She does take out Federal Student Loans, ASSUMED for books, living expenses which may or may not have included housing if not part of scholarship. Per 2017 records, she would accumulate between $15K — $50K in debt. So to sum up her financials as they are tied in to her education, she received a scholarship that covered the cost of her education. She received… wait for it… a FREE EDUCATION? It’s very possible this is not totally accurate and the scholarship covered a dollar amount and not all of her tuition but she has made it sound like it was covered when she talks about how she was one of the lucky ones.
Before I move into 2008, let’s quickly summaries a few things.
1) By the age of 2 (or 3) her family (then of 3) owned a house in the suburbs north of the city, an apartment in the city near family/relatives, a small business and a share ownership of business location.
2) Took frequent back and forth trips (usually Christmas/New Years) to Puerto Rico.
3) Had an uncle that she may (or may not) have been given a job from in one of his failing businesses.
4) She did really well in an international science competition and placed IN ATTENDANCE at the finals in New Mexico, which also got her a Space Rock and $1,000.
5) Got a free (or large portion) education at no cost, only requiring room & board to go along with typical school expenses, most likely because of the well spend $500 — $1,000 per event her family paid to have her go to two (2) NHI events, based on her accounts also offset with Federal/BU Student Aid and possibly even a scholarship to some degree based on grades & ethnicity combo (none of this is intended to say she didn’t deserve to go to college, based on everything I know, she had the right skillset and education to qualify to advance on to Higher Education (College/University).
Sometime between Sept. 2007 — May 2008:
“But Vahedi, who lived on Ocasio-Cortez’s dorm floor freshman year (‘Warren Towers, 16B’), was not surprised by the political upset. ‘She just has this energy that’s so motivated and ready just to work and make things happen,’ Vahedi says. She recalls walking through the George Sherman Union with Ocasio-Cortez and joking with her about ‘when you’re president one day.’
‘She didn’t make it seem like it was totally out of the question,’ says Vahedi”
AOC has claimed numerous times that she never wanted to run for office… but we now know she did legislative training in High School (NHI-LDZ), changed her major in college (after getting in for Science, to International Relations/Econ) to something more governmental office aligned, worked in a Senators office in the summer (Sen. Kennedy), gave political-esque speeches in college (Jan 2011 MLK speech, NPR interview re: Osama Bin Laden) and volunteered on a Presidential campaign (Bernie) prior to launching her own candidacy. So yea… like I’ve always said… she is NOT just “some bartender.”
February, 2008:
Takes a bus from Boston to her Westchester Yorktown Heights house to be able to vote in the 2008 primary.
June, 2008:
Taxes due for Bronx apartment on 7/1/2008 which outline taxes for the period 7/1/08–6/30/09. Total Amount Due: $0.00. That is one zero, followed by a decimal, followed by two additional zeros.
June-July, 2008:
Not exactly clear the dates, but based on her John F. Lopez Fellowship award, she would be working the NHI LDZ (as Sec. of State) as an incoming Sophomore (which based on their website is when they award the College Sponsored Fellowship) to support and help the high school students (as she had participated back in 2006). Here are the pictures I could find which I feel could certainly be her (unconfirmed):
Summer, 2008:
Worked in Ted Kennedy’s “foreign affairs/immigration constituent office” taking phone calls from Spanish speaking residents in his district to help them with matters related to immigration, deportation, adoption and other miscellaneous items. She left the office when he passed away in August 2008.
REF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCCGFuIvzXk and Twitter post from AOC, 5/26/2018 at 3:12pm (EST).
Given the fact that she entered Boston University as a Science Major (in 2007), this indicates (most likely) that she changed her major as early as the end of her first semester (approx. January 2008) given this PROBABLY would have been something offered/promoted within the department.
Something I found interesting about Sen. Edward (Ted) Kennedy during this time was he was fighting pretty hard against ICE and the separation of children/families. Given her placement in the office, she would have known darn well it was going on since one would have a good case to make an assumption that the people calling in were providing accounts of this happening, leading to a letter dated May 16th, 2008 and a DHS logged note (May 22, 2008) shown below;
In other words, her crusade against ICE (both on a personal and career basis) has been something she has been fighting against for quite some time.
Similar situation, the above letter would indicate that Sen. Kennedy was fighting against child separation also. Only noteworthy because it would imply a strong likelihood that AOC knows darn well that this unfortunate side effect is not new and a result of the Trump Administrations policies.
September 8th, 2008:
Tragically, and only 1–2 weeks after returning to Boston University, her father Sergio Ocasio Roman passes away due to a battle with cancer at the way too young age of 49. This would leave Blanca OcasioRoman as the sole provider for the family who, up to that time, had only a career as a housewife.
As I will get into more detail later on, as she puts it, “it wasn’t enough and I needed to help.” is a little deceptive in nature. Blanca working as a housecleaner (est. $16-$19K/year assuming 25 hours a week) and bus driver (est. $20K/year assuming 20 hours a week) would be enough to support the house and expenses in Yorktown Heights… but prove difficult to ALSO support the expenses tied to her daughter, son and one and a half apartments in the Bronx.
REF: Known/Internet/reddit/AOC.
January 14th, 2009:
Blanca Ocasio-Cortez, “to whom letters of administration were issued by the Surrogate’s Court, Westchester County, New York on January 14, 2009.” Why this is relevant is because this would mean that at this point in early 2009, albeit 4 months after his passing, she is now the legal administrator of his estate. It can be assumed that September was spent focusing on arrangements and would indicate that the wealthy and treacherous attorneys we heard about creating all kinds of billable hours because they just want nothing but money. However, there are a lot of difficulties involved with becoming someone’s administrator if there is no will in place prior to death, for example a certain amount of waiting period after publicly posting the obituary to ensure it is not contested for one reason or another. As noted earlier, it is also very possible that she had additional hoops to jump through to get her name legally changed in the state of New York since prior legal records refer to her as simply Blanca Ocasioroman. This would have likely been a result of their marriage being in Puerto Rico.
Someone with knowledge of the NY State legal system and Puerto Rican customary practices with naming conventions would be encouraged to review and comment to confirm/correct/deny this theory.
Summer, 2009:
Family trip, at a minimum, with her mom, Uncle and his grandchild. Very hard to say where this was, but could very well just be upstate NY.
June, 2009:
Bronx Apt (4D) Taxes Issued/Announced for Year (7/1/09–6/30/10): $91.00 ($7.58/month)…for a SECOND RESIDENCE.
July 8th, 2009:
August 8th, 2009:
August 28th to October, 2009:
Nothing to hate here, all good stuff. Educational, informative and a good experience for her to have studied abroad briefly.
That said…certainly enjoyed watching her learn how to use a fire extinguisher (first video)… reminded me of her figuring out a garbage disposal. Below the videos are all the blog posts during this time frame from her time in Niger with the Peace Corps in the Boston University international program.
November 2nd, 2009:
February 24th, 2010:
Co-founds Boston University Culture Shock with Neal Amwed and Raul Fernandez.
A portion of the organization dedicates itself to Social Activism, but is mainly a place for energetic (mainly progressives) college students to band together as a group and write blogs about anything really.
Based on everything I’ve seen and read to date, this would be my GUESS as to when her activist personality was launched, inspired by her 2009 trip abroad.
https://web.archive.org/web/20100224085545/http://bucultureshock.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/20130617212304/http://bucultureshock.com/authors-2/
March 1st, 2010:
Apparently even the Washington Post is in on the past history AOC scrubfest tour…
But I did finally get it…
April 8th, 2010:
Created/Produced the first “C’mon BU” video;
Launches another “C’Mon BU” video series from her BU Start Up progressive group, Boston University Culture Shock. She can be seen in the background with Raul Fernandez (the other co-founding professor I noted earlier). https://www.bu.edu/buniverse/search/?owner=aocasio
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqKSDC_a5D7ZSJDKIsOX-IQ
The blog posts put directly onto the Culture Shock website are incredibly hard to capture because they quickly refresh to some unauthorized script page. But there are ways to see most of them, just time consuming and annoying. I believe these may be two early on articles she posted for the group, however this is UNCONFIRMED:
April, 2010:
Does not participate in Boston University “Part of the Solution” / BU Global Day of Service in the Bronx. https://www.flickr.com/photos/bualumni/4545817666/in/album-72157623910675950/
Also not to be found at the Boston Zoo, or Newton, MA Newton Community Farm. Or in Boston at St. Francis House. Or in Boston for “The Food Project”. Or in Boston, Franklin Park Zoo. Or Boston Greater Food Bank. Or Boston Health Care for the Homeless program. Or Boston, Habitat for Humanity.
This is important because it highlights something I’ll get to later on which is that her trips to Flint, D.C. and Standing Rock were given as assignments to prove herself to Brand New Congress as well as at the same time creating a somewhat of a manufactured backstory (vs. consistent year over year sustained effort) of numerous times she participated in different protests… losing sight (by the MSM) that they were all within a 12 month period…
April 24th, 2010:
AOC speaks at an independently organized TED event, TEDxBU, along with Riley Roberts (current boyfriend, potentially how they met — unconfirmed). What was interesting to find out was that it wasn’t her first time on the TEDxBU stage. Both videos are completely LOST in the internet abyss, seemingly scrubbed from existence.
Here is how many people registered… but didn’t show up. My rough eye balling says 25–40 showed up.
“Riley is a sophomore duel-degree student studying Sociology and Finance. He is passionate about all aspects of business and people. His life necessitates that he spend a significant amount of time on a computer, but, despite the way he lives, he loves to break the connection and engage others.”
“A social entrepreneur and New York native, Alexandria seeks out partners in health, art, and economic development to create opportunities for the future. She has consulted non-profits, worked in government, and launched a media enterprise aimed toward these ends.”
The following day, Charter for Compassion at BU releases a video starring Media Darling AOC.
REF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-IpbLFnz3U#action=share
June 1st, 2010:
Bronx Apt (4D) Taxes Issued/Announced for Year (7/1/10–6/30/11): $25.00 ($2.08 per month)…for a SECOND RESIDENCE.
NOTE: The reason I keep including these annual updates is strictly based on the facts she complains and yells about unfairness and how nobody ever does anything for the Bronx, PoC, etc… It’s a much larger discussion than just pointing out the MASSIVE discounts and tax abatements enjoyed by certain areas of the country, but paying from $0 — $100 a month in property taxes on an owned (in this case 2nd) residence, is not exactly something that everyone enjoys.
September 17th, 2010:
The original Sunrise Movement!
September, 2010:
Hangs out in the BU Culture Shock Lair.
September 30th, 2010:
Ah yes, the dancing rooftop video…
…a few BEHIND THE SCENES bonus footage here.
October 1st, 2010:
Hangs out with the crew back at the BU Culture Shock hangout. Here she is repping Yorktown Heights (with friend Jean-Bertrand (Instagram videos, got him a job at REACH Progress, in pics from first week in D.C.) there in Lakers gear)
October 2, 2010:
Joins her film crew for an excursion around campus/BU for a Softball game. Game in question: https://goterriers.com/news/2010/8/23/softball_announces_date_of_annual_alumni_game.aspx
October 25th, 2010:
To all the haters that say she wasn’t really an Economics major. Boom haha
November 1st, 2010:
Alex Yepes and Rebecca Rodriguez speak at an event about Medicaid Grants — http://www.nymakesworkpay.org/docs/Entrepreneurship%20Partners%20Dialogue%20Report%2020101.htm
Alex Yepes
Alex Yepes currently works as Managing Director of the Columbia–Harlem Small Business Development Center (CHSBDC). The CHSBDC provides free technical assistance to entrepreneurs in New York State. He is an advisor to many undergraduate organizations as well as an operations consultant for many non–profit groups. Some of the workshop specializations include SWOT analysis, sustainability practices, cost analysis, marketing, research and branding. Alex has used his experiences to develop workshops that educate and empower 21st century leaders. He has held workshops across the country at some of the largest universities. His focus has been to teach our next generation of leaders how they can positively impact the community they live in. He feels entrepreneurs are in a unique position to impact the new century by adapting and implementing sustainable protocols in their business operations thereby practicing cost saving measures and prudent growth strategies. Born and raised in Queens, New York, Alex Yepes attended Long Island University, CW Post Campus for a BA in International Studies and an MA in Political Science, with a concentration in International Marketing. Alex is co–owner of Canela Spa & Salon and is the principal in his own multimedia company PRNY, Inc.
- QUICK REMINDER NOTES: Canela Spa & Salon would close approximately 2 years later and PRNY seems to be non-existent multimedia company. 7 years later he would evade taxes and have a warrant out for his arrest for tax evasion. So this is the person that Columbia has put in charge of teaching the community how to start and run a small business. Interesting.
Alex Yepes explained that the Columbia–Harlem SBDC was brought into the StartUP project in Manhattan at the suggestion of the Columbia School of Social Work at Columbia University.
- QUICK INTERUPTION: The entire reason (was in the news), which created an OUTCRY and UPRISING to Columbia moving in to the 130’s and taking over more land. In order to make peace with the protestors and angry locals, much like how Unions are dealt with, a few jobs are thrown around to make a story of it or satisfy an angry demand and the unions go away (for a while at least). There was a lot of unrest with the moving in of CU to the area and they sought to quiet the area by way of programs and jobs like these as a way to stop the bleeding and negative attention.
The School of Social Work had been involved in initially bringing together providers in Manhattan to discuss the feasibility of a StartUP NY project in New York City. The Columbia–Harlem SBDC were key players in those preliminary meetings. Mr. Yepes said that they were also invited to last year’s Entrepreneurship Partners Dialogue. At that meeting they learned of the variety of disability entrepreneurship models that are being used across the country. Then this past year, they became a key part of the team that developed the StartUP NY program in Manhattan. The includes Arnie Wolf and Stephen Beard from Hunter College, Alex Yepes and Rebecca Rodriguez from the Columbia–Harlem SBDC, Nicole LaCorte–Klein from the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, and Beth Keeton from Griffin–Hammis Associates. Mr. Yepes explained that this past summer they launched the program, conducting Inclusive Entrepreneurship and Quick Launch trainings in Manhattan. There are a number of entrepreneurs currently in the program, developing their businesses.
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Ms. LaCorte Klein then inquired as to Ms. Rodriguez and Mr. Yepes learning experiences in their program development efforts.
Rebecca Rodriguez
Rebecca Rodriguez is Regional Director for the Columbia–Harlem Small Business Development Center (CHSBDC). The Center is part of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Columbia University. Under Ms. Rodriguez’s leadership, entrepreneurship and the Center’s programs have launched to be one of the most high–profile programs at Columbia. Under this role, she manages the use of Columbia resources for economic development within the entrepreneurial community, with a focus on the local areas of Harlem and Washington Heights. She also serves as an advisor to student entrepreneurial groups.
Along with her experience at Columbia, her professional background includes strategic planning, budget and events management, program design and administration. Rebecca has serves on the executive team of her own small business enterprise. She devotes time to community engagement through a multitude of organizations and serves as a mentor to underrepresented high school students. Rebecca attended Long Island University for a Bachelor’s in International Studies, with a concentration in cross–cultural management.
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Panel discussion:
Alex Yepes said that the Columbia–Harlem SBDC quickly identified the gap in New York City between the need for entrepreneurship services for people with disabilities in New York City and the capacity to address that need. Just one zip code …
- PAUSE. AOC: “The Zip Code you’re born into…” — Sound familiar?
…in the Columbia–Harlem SBDC’s geographic catchment area has 50,000 people and the SBDC is responsible for 11 zip codes. If we apply the 15 to 16% that are assumed to be disabled, there are over 8,000 in just one zip code. The need is great. At an early planning session where future potential entrepreneurs had been invited, individuals were disappointed because not all of the New York City boroughs were being included in this first pilot program. In the future, if we can roll out a replication of the StartUP NY programs across the city, we will be able to insure full participation.
- NOTE 1: Eduardo “Alex” Yepes-Roman. Online primarily goes by Alex Yepes or E Alex Yepes. Alex has three children with Rebecca Rodriguez later in life, roughly 2013 as shown below in later posts. Rebecca, the now famous “Tia” who drives the minivan to drive AOC around, can be seen in some pictures of post-election. Their (Alex and Rebecca) relationship may have started as early as college, having both attended LIU and studied International Studies. The two first born were also in the picture of AOC from Halloween 2018 where she had cat ears on. Staged to seem like just two random kids (in my OPINION).
o LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/ealexyepes.
o It was very curious he wasn’t in any of the posted pictures at the swearing in. I always suspected it was his shoulder, and then I finally found it on a video piece. Rebecca is the far right one, Alex in back far left side.
- He is also the named contact in a few online KOR Architects / Kirschenbaum Ocasio-Roman Architects, PC. His LinkedIn page has him there from 1998 to 2008, one would assume VERY part time because his noted strengths are not even remotely visible for KOR, almost no digital trail outside of a couple generic Yellow Page type sites. He serves as the Treasurer (dangerous) for Harlem One Stop, where he has served since January 2015. They are funded by a “cultural tourism grant from the Arts & Business Council/NYSCA”. So NYS funded. Interesting connection. Tax Form 990 connects this organization to the address 502 W 142nd Street, which is tied to West Harlem Group Assistance. This group gets tons of State/City money (around ½ million from “Contributions and Grants” while also generating $2.3M — $3.3M in “Other Revenue” (based on Google Reviews, Rent.), collects rent, provides poor homeownership based on reviews, bad administration of tenants based on reviews (lost paperwork, rude attitudes, etc…), files their taxes via a CPA in Alabama for some reason and Pays Exec. Director $165,174/year and Deputy Director $142,173/year despite what sounds like a poorly run organization providing little benefit.
- So we will see an individual (Alex Yepes) helping people start small businesses, disadvantaged business, etc.. who has been unable to keep any of his own businesses afloat, nor pay taxes to the point the state forced closure… is interesting. Apparently people, including Columbia University… do not do their homework. Way down the line he will create a business, including having Rebecca follow suit, without registering with the state of New York… poor decision which should get a lot of scrutiny (YEAR ONE STRATEGIES & EOS STRATEGIES).
- Despite the poor qualifications even within his own subject matter expertise, all this knowledge and success was deemed critical for AOC to “hire” both these two small business enterprise consultants who have continuously not been able to walk the walk. Neither relative was paid under their own name as I will get into later.
November 9th, 2010:
AOC begins hatching her plan for Brook Ave. Press!
November 22nd, 2010:
Blackberry’s, iPad’s, iPhones, MacBooks… I keep on struggling to see the struggling.
January 17th, 2011:
AOC speaks at a Boston University MLK Jr. Day celebration event.
Notes: Zip code. I believe this is the first ever reference to this out of her mouth. Not confirmed, seems that way based on my findings.
REF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEKPoAml8Hk
January 27th — 28th, 2011:
Very interesting conversation here. In otherwords, free education for all would yield…
February 14th, 2011:
Alex Yepes-Roman’s company, Canela Spa, Inc. is sued by Ban Rosenbaum & Martin, P.C. in a Civil dispute in the Bronx County Civil Court. Based on https://www.brmcpa.com/ a connection or hunch could be made that this company was Alex’s tax accountant who he didn’t (assumed) pay and they took to court.
April 1st, 2011:
Whoa… creepy when looking back. Kudos Jean!
April 15th, 2011:
Does not participate in Boston University “Part of the Solution” / BU Global Day of Service. In Boston or the Bronx.
May 3rd, 2011:
Is interviewed by NPR regarding what the kids on campus think about Bin Laden’s death. Note, the transcript is wrong and she is the last voice also that talks about bowing heads in moment of silence. The audio clearly indicates as such.
https://www.npr.org/2011/05/03/135963042/college-students-react-to-bin-ladens-death
May (mid), 2011:
AOC Graduates Boston University. She is mentioned in the valedictorian address:
June 1st, 2011:
Bronx Apt (4D) Taxes Issued/Announced for Year (7/1/11–6/30/12): $249.03 ($20.75 per month)…for a SECOND RESIDENCE.
June 1st, 2011 (at the latest):
Moves back to the Bronx, given the family has an extra apartment lying around, takes up residence there so she can live rent free (or massively discounted) and focus her time and efforts on her hobbies and aspirations which have absolutely nothing to do with her first class education/degree.
One such hobby is the creation of a SquareSpace blogging page (may have been earlier, unclear, but pretty sure it was shortly after moving into the Bronx apartment and starting her hobbies).
When going back in time all I can see is a series of subpages and partial blog posts. The pages containing the full articles appear to be missing and never backed up.
What I learned wandering around here:
· February 2012: Writes about Economics, her summary of societal growth thru different economic stages sounds very similar to a blog post by Zack Exley (but I don’t suspect they have met, just blogging about something they’ve independently learned).
o “This is a big reason as to why education is so important. As economies advance, the skill requirements for workers grow at all levels. Individuals with poor intellectual or skill development are left behind, and communities starved of quality education are essentially destined to economic stagnancy and little to no mobility or creative development. Communities that have quality human capital investments, like good schools and health care, leap ahead in development.”
o “Brook Avenue Press — the children’s book venture a group of NYC middle schoolers and I are working on — is a tiny, experimental attempt at human capital investment in an unconventional place. With some luck, a story might prompt an interesting conversation or provoke a question that a child hadn’t thought of before. What would happen if we all tried to stir the pot, in our own unique way?”
So while this blog, hobby and project is going on, her mother is having a heck of a time supporting her with a free apartment, her own house to deal with and putting her brother through college but the story was that it was society and its racist bias that caused all her families 2013 financial difficulties… which by the way were in part created by AOC not getting her own place like everyone else who ventures out on their own or staying at the Yorktown Heights place while she tried to find a job which would have allowed her mother to sell the apartment for extra income that would have floated the family for a few years (AT LEAST 3 years, probably more) even if she (Blanca) stopped working completely.
But going back to my analysis of the SquareSpace posts;
Much like Exley experienced in the late 90’s, she finds herself wandering aimlessly looking for purpose. She writes about “So, what do you do?” and it is clear she is all over the map. She doesn’t grasp the fact that someone can have a job completely separate to their hobby and true inspirations, or can have a job that has a dotted line to future aspirations.
She seems to think that what someone does for a living defines them (like the whole “Zip Code you’re born into” talk) and is always unable to separate these things, believing that someone gets imprisoned by their zip code, by their job, by Capitalism, by their local school, by their neighborhood, by their local politician, by their bank, by their health insurance, by the Republicans, by white people, by payday loans, by pharmaceutical companies, by Fox News, by pollution, by cars, by money and the list goes on for the reasons that she and her people are held back. But if that was all true… could her family have moved out of the Bronx? Could she have received a better education? Did she get scholarships and financial assistance to attend a solid University? Was she advantaged by having an apartment that she could have? Did she end up becoming a U.S. Congresswoman? Because it sounds a heck of a lot like the system works and is pretty unbiased… in fact, I’d say this just proves there is an unbalance in the system because you make more money than I do because you bang your fists and tweet smack talk so how about maybe be a tiny bit grateful? I know, a pipe dream but hopefully one day you will mature enough to see that what you’ve accomplished in this country is something you’d never be able to do anywhere else.
There is always something to blame because it is impossible for her and people like her (no, that is not a racist statement, it is referring to activists and spoiled children of any form of being) to look inside themselves and find that perhaps there is some blame that should be directed from within.
It is basically a mental disorder (and actually I think it has a real disorder name) and in my opinion a form of denial that any of the root causes to problems faced may, at least in some part, lie within the individual themselves. External factors are just obstacles. Look at what her father accomplished. Look at what her California Uncle (couldn’t find any reason to detail what I mean by this, but born in Bronx, got edu, got job, got money, moved to CA, got very nice house, got married, had kids, paid for their college in Hawaii and is doing really quite well… despite the “Zip Code he was born into”) and look at what she did!
“If I described to you what I do — create curriculum, write, teach, launch projects, read, play piano, paint — it wouldn’t make much sense without the context of my beliefs — one being that we as a nation must carry our strengths and principles into the 21st century, and the place to start is in revolutionizing education.”
o Curriculum = National Hispanic Institute events, 5–7 days a year volunteering.
o Write = Her blogs.
o Teach = I guess also NHI events… but again… 5–7 days…
o Launch Projects = Brook Ave Press and the associated Twitter Page.
o Read = socialist and radical economic theory among other types of unconventional titles.
o Piano = OK, cool hobby.
o Paint = Ummmm OK. I’ve seen your artwork… you’re the equivalent of the person who auditions on American Idol who says they are really awesome and self taught… we know how that ends up.
· January 2013: Confirmation, in my opinion, that she gets her over dramatic memories of what really happened from her parents. Referring to NYC (Bronx); “It’s the place where my parents started their life together in a bare apartment with a mattress on the floor…” While this technically may be correct that the mattress may have been on the floor, who hasn’t done this? It’s over dramatized to sound like they lived in massive poverty. The truth, as I’ve laid out above, is in 1986 he bought an apartment! In 1988 he opened a business! In 1991 he bought a house! 1996 bought a half share of another apartment!
o This post (The Creative Mandate) gets one retweet on Twitter by @MeghanTherrien, a suspended account. Cool.
Clearly the above illustrates a few key things.
1) Education (free) is true to her heart and real in her positions/tweets.
2) Global Open Society is important so that individual/community/regional/country based success is destroyed and a new one whereby an even spread of achievement is true.
3) She is not making any money at this point, which means her mother is paying the $700-$1,000 monthly condo fees and $0 — $1,800 in annual property taxes for the Bronx Unit and her to live there rent free to do her little hobbies.
REF: https://web.archive.org/web/20130710050430/http://alexocasio.squarespace.com/
June 3rd, 2011:
Goes back to Boston U. to see friends after being gone approximately two weeks. Nothing on the agenda/schedule back at home I guess.
June 21st, 2011:
Spends a few days a year being an “Educational Director” (never mentioned or noted as having any such position on any of their websites pages which specifically name who has what position. As noted below, only the position of “Director of Creative Products & Program Analysis”) at the National Hispanic Institute’s College World Series (see 2006). This was the Colorado LDZ, held June 19–26th, 2011 at Colorado State University which simulates the governmental process by giving students positions in a mock government.
According to documentation I can find this is a 100% volunteer position with likely travel, room and board picked up (given the size of spend in this area from NHI’s 990’s) and paid for by the organization. Two new (at least that I’ve seen) tidbits are noted in a 2017 article by NHI Magazine… that she wrote for their magazine and also served as a consultant to the NHI Founder Ernesto Nieto. “ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who participated in the 2005 National LDZ and the 2006 New York CWS, is running in New York’s 14th District, which includes the Bronx and Queens. As a writer and educator, she has remained involved with NHI as an educational director at CWS programs, a contributor to past NHI Magazine print editions, and as a consultant to NHI founder and President Ernesto Nieto.” This is critical because a lot of people are dumbfounded by her Financial Disclosures as to how she could have been paid by NHI given that it is noted she has a retirement account with money in it under NHI’s name.
REF: http://www.nhimagazine.com/2017/06/26/three-nhi-alumni-run-congress-2018/ , House of Representatives financial disclosure form 2017 (filed in March 2018).
At some point prior to November 18th, 2011 and after November 19th 2010 she receives the position of:
REF: https://web.archive.org/web/20111118030251/http://www.nhi-net.org:80/Pages/Staff.aspx
So in order to figure out a ballpark financial situation of this position, we have to somewhat back into a pool of money that went to unnamed employees. First, Sept. 1, 2010 to Aug. 31, 2011:
So 12 employees. Now we need to know salary expense for those 12.
12 people, $620,316 (prior year $603,155). Avg. per employee $50K (including Benefits/Other) and change. But, because some employees qualify as having to be defined in terms of salary, we can further deduce.
So the pot that AOC falls into is $252,816 in salary/wages. In the above link of staff, there appear to be about six (6) individuals who would fall into this non “key employees” bucket, one of which would be AOC. So cash money, $252K / 6 = $42K cash salary (before taxes) on average. Given she is at the bottom of the totem pole, we will call it $30K for spare time work with a heavier effort in the Summer months when they have their busy season.
Doing the same exercise for 9/1/2011–8/31/2012 paints a more interesting picture though. Employees drop to 11, Salaries, other, Benefits increases to $687,346. The “key employees” jumped up in salary to a total of $261,872 leaving a real wages balance for non-key to $199,601, again the bucket that AOC would fall into. Also of note, evidence suggest that the annual retirement account giving (which we know she has an account for because of financial disclosures) is a ratio of approx. 12–15% of salary. So if the salary range of $30K — $40K for AOC is correct, she is putting aside (or being given thru match or bonus in form of retirement) approximately $4-$6K per year while employed by NHI.
She is removed seemingly after the 2012 summer season, no longer noted on the page in April, 2013: https://web.archive.org/web/20130420092459/http://www.nhi-net.org:80/Pages/Staff.aspx
So the mystery NHI Retirement account in her disclosures which states $1K — $15K is by my own personal estimation with 2 years put in, and 6 years of interest, approximately $11K — $15K.
July 3rd-10th, 2011:
Goes to Panama to work the Las Americas LDZ for the National Hispanic Institute. This indicates with high probability that she is at this point already on staff as I’ll talk about later on.
August 11th, 2011:
PARTY TIME!!!!!!!!!
October 16th, 2011
First public appearance of Brook Avenue Press. What is interesting about this video is it would strongly appear it was shot in Boston. User RCORDOVA68 only has a history of a few videos, all of which took place during the same timeframe, which based on accents of the other people were from Boston.
February 18th, 2012:
AOC goes on flying lessons with her camera.
“First flying lesson. Niner! Gearing up for my first flying lesson.” so obviously not a big environmentalist yet (which I believe she was never until she started getting a lot of online heat for it in early 2019.
Later that night, chills out in Yorktown Heights with Gabe using her iPad or similar high cost technology:
REF: Instagram and Instagram repository websites.
February 19th, 2012:
“Brook Avenue Press — the children’s book venture a group of NYC middle schoolers and I are working on — is a tiny, experimental attempt at human capital investment in an unconventional place. With some luck, a story might prompt an interesting conversation or provoke a question that a child hadn’t thought of before. What would happen if we all tried to stir the pot, in our own unique way?”
REF: AOC, 2/19/2012 via SquareSpace (WayBackMachine)
Well, this is a problem for a couple reasons. 1. As noted earlier on, she started the hobby company no later than October 2011. 2. She has clearly initiated its activities in early 2012 per her own statements. 3. Her initial NYS filing is dated July 17th, 2012…
March 4th, 2012:
AOC goes to Disney World in FL. “There’s a glass show around here…” “itskarlaivanna Where is this? Ocasio2018 1400 Magic Kingdom Drive” That person, followed by Ocasio2018 has one picture from March 20, 2012 which she liked and MIGHT be her in it. Unknown for sure.
March 23rd, 2012:
Blanca transfers the Yorktown Heights house into her own name (was in Administrator of Accounts name, which may indicate the long probate period has finally come to a close after 3 ½ years. In fairness, at least double the usual time but I’ve already talked about why that potentially occurred.
REF: Westchester County Clerks online records.
March 30th, 2012:
“Thanks to @nycedc, social good startups have a place to call home in the BX. Thanks! @sunshineny” REF: Instagram.
- Note: SunshineNY failed, bled money despite the state/city funding to subsidize it (no other way it could have even lasted as long as it did).
- https://sunshineny.com/, closed its doors officially in 2016. We know she was still there a few months later when daily news did a story on it.
- REF: https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/diverse-group-startups-thriving-city-sponsored-sunshine-bronx-business-incubator-hunts-point-article-1.1115489 “picture book publishing house”, “Sunshine Bronx entrepreneurs pay $195 a month for shared working space or rent desks for $275 a month.” “’You see a huge return on your investment here,’ said Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 22, who recently launched Brook Avenue Press, a publishing firm for books that portray the Bronx in a positive light. ‘People pay $500 an hour for consulting that we get for free by the water cooler.” (See Note1 below) “Ocasio-Cortez said the hub will continue to grow because the Bronx is full of go-getters.” “We have so many incredible people here,” the Parkchester resident said. “Rather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.” (See Note2 below).
-Note1: This statement is another example of a skewed view of life, the business world, etc… and how it all works. Small business consultants don’t charge anywhere near $500, especially when you’re getting consulting from people who are scraping by to get a business off the ground. The KPMG, Deloitte’s of the world, some of the most expensive in the business are in the $350/hour range (unless you get unnecessarily high up roles/resources for your needs which in this case would be HIGHLY unlikely). As hinted above, the vast majority of the startups she would have been getting this free consulting from also failed in their endeavors. Here are their failed businesses:
o http://www.dirt-works.org/about.html
o https://thinkworkmedia.com/author/think-work-media/
o Nothing found for “Live Online Training Systems”, who didn’t start there but utilized the space.
o http://sus4media.com/press/ (Mandi Susman)
-Note2: Interesting comments here. 1) Her expert understanding of business and the economy thought that this was and would be a successful program located in the Bronx. It and most of the startups as noted above, failed. This actually proves on paper that you can pay for all opportunities you want to give… but you have to do so in an area or to a community that really wants them. Based on results, doesn’t seem the Bronx wants the opportunities or Sunshine would not have failed and solid businesses would have come from the incubator. Additionally, she’s sort of contradicting her own path, which had her family “run from” the Bronx, moving to Westchester in 1995 (I believe earlier, the dates don’t add up given the date of home purchase). Go-getters who intend on succeeding on their own (other than tech startups) typically live and experience the business they want to go out on their own. She never so much as worked for a publisher, book writer or even a book store as far as I’ve been able to tell, just the little experience she gained from BU Culture Shock writing a few blogs and producing a video or two.
April 21st, 2012:
Road trip (or fly, unknown) to Washington, D.C. — Instagram.
May 4th, 2012:
Based on her and Gabe Cortez Instagram accounts, went to Puerto Rico for a wedding, flying JetBlue. Gabe was there until May 18th. AOC may have been there as long as May 30th, 2012 based on a picture of a PR soda, however said soda is also available in the U.S. so not confirmed. She was definitely there thru May 8th. I have attended a few destination weddings, even those where I have been able to stay with family… but not for multiple weeks. AOC PRIVILEGE.
June 1st, 2012:
Bronx Apt (4D) Taxes Issued/Announced for Year (7/1/12–6/30/13): $665 ($55.42 per month)…for a SECOND RESIDENCE.
June 15th, 2012:
Performs her almost (if not) annual week of volunteering at National Hispanic Institute (“NHI”) (the only expense of which is time and energy). This is also why she claims to be an “educator”.
July 6, 2012:
Unknown exactly… clearly yet another little roadtrip vacation for Ms. Ocasio-Cortez unless Neal is going from Boston down to NYC which is a possibility.
July 16, 2012:
Files with New York State for her business, Brook Avenue Press.
August 21st, 2012:
In DNAinfo.com article; https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120821/hunts-point/new-bill-would-double-tax-breaks-for-start-ups/
“And Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 22, has shelled out $1,000 since April simply to rent space while she researches her business idea — a children’s book publishing company devoted to telling positive stories set in The Bronx.
All three Bronx entrepreneurs support a bill, sponsored by West Virginia Sen. John Rockefeller and co-sponsored by New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, that would double the tax deductions for new business start-up costs, bringing it from $5,000 to $10,000. “You don’t really make a profit in your first year,” Ocasio-Cortez said Monday at the Sunshine Bronx Business Incubator in Hunts Point. “To get taxed on top of that is a real whammy.”
I’m so confused… did you even make any revenue in your first year? You put out nothing, the only trail of anything is a few retweeted posts on Twitter which got next to no traction as far as I can tell for the products/services you were promoting so no company would have paid for your promotional digital services. Lastly, to get taxed on top of what…? What start-up costs? $1,000 you paid in space fees which you completely could have avoided and just worked on your computer in your provided apartment instead?
October 5th, 2012:
Blanca Ocasio-Cortez & Alex Kirschenbaum sell 1510 Archer Road, TB, Bronx NY to Dana Fenton (real estate mogul located at 530 Park Ave, NY) for $105,000 (they bought for $25,000 in 1996 so over 300% profit on original investment over the 16 years). Unknown as to the ownership split, but assuming 50%, roughly $40-$45K after all fees and expenses for each party.
This is likely the result of 1) AOC being supported by her mother given she has been unable to land any real job or generate any known income at this point and puts her focus on her hobbies. If Blanca was actually scrubbing toilets per AOC’s claims and AOC does indeed go help her, she is probably only splitting the money coming in to Blanca to help herself live in the BX apartment and pay her $200/month desk rent. 2) Gabe Cortez would have started school at LIU for his liberal arts degree that has done nothing to create any notable career up to this point. Hung up his “real” job as a real estate agent after about two years to focus on his music, art and photography. As I’ll get into in a separate article, his music and art will 100% rely on being AOC’s brothers music and art to go anywhere, quite horrible, but his photography is not terrible (if he’d stop taking pictures of himself all the time).
October, 2012:
Sets up BrookAvePress Twitter Account.
October 13th, 2012:
Celebrating her birthday by taking part in a good cause. She can raise a bunch of money and help and get healthy all at the same time!!
And of the $45… she was one of two who donated money.
December 31, 2012:
Annual trip to Puerto Rico.
The findings from 2013 suggest that after Brookavepress failure, AOC spent the year wandering. Hard to say for sure what she was doing during this time however it is clear that it was a year of many more fun times and vacations then she lets on about.
January 23rd, 2013:
Gabe posts an interesting quote that paints a picture that at this time he and one could assume also AOC is already reading books to dramatically change the country.
The quote is from Immanuel Wallerstein, a Marx and Lenin studier who gave an interview on the Russian Government News Network Russian Times, RT.com.
REF: https://youtu.be/EPcryvhSOco
He was also quoted in: “From Marxism to Post-Marxism?” By Goran Therborn
January 30th, 2013:
KOR Architects: Officially Dissolved by NYS. Indicating the end of the Probate officially.
February 13th, 2013:
Releases a “Sneak peek of @brookavepress’ first project…” I think this is important on measuring and gauging her follow-through. She has been, up to this point, in the incubator for a mind blowing 10.5 months and the below image is what that lengthy amount of time has yielded (as a sneak peak, not completed first project). Seemingly not the progress or movement of a Bronx “go-getter” (as she describes earlier) even if she was only able to spend an hour or two a day working on the business because she had to “clean houses” and waitress/tend bar (I’ll get into that hoax / half-truth later) so the family could afford; 1 house, 1 apartment and ½ ownership of another apartment (up to Oct. 5th, 2012).
I am not going to dwell on the failures of Brook Avenue Press too much so here are all the projects she did (Subway ABC’s, Picture of her niece and some kind of planned book) and/or promoted. As we know by this point, if there ever was a finished product of anything she ever created, it went nowhere and has been scrubbed from the face of the planet:
All @BrookAvePress tweets Found Here: https://statuv.com/account/brookavepress/559783566091755162
In summary, Brook Avenue Press seems to have lasted to April 2013. Randomly retweeted or shared a few things on the dedicated Twitter page in April 2014, but that is it. My findings would suggest it had a shelf life of 18 months with nothing to show for it except managing to get in the newspaper twice somehow.
February 22nd, 2013:
February 23rd, 2013:
Attends a BU Alumni Winterfest event.
March 2nd, 2013:
The family Bronx Apartment (4D) receives a Notice of Lien for Common Charges in the amount of $2,003.00, payable and due for the period through and including 3/31/2013. So in other words, either AOC or her mother stopped paying the monthly condo fee (roughly $700-$750/mo.) for the Unionport apartment.
REF: New York City Department of Finance — Office of the City Register.
Financially, this makes no sense compared to her back stories. She makes claims that she and her mother worked tirelessly around the clock 18 hour days. Combined they only needed to earn $2K — $2.5K per month to afford both the apartment and the house in Yorktown Heights. So let’s work this out.
Generous assumption, 4 days a week worked, 18 hours per day for each so 36 hours per day in total at 4 days = 144 hours per week. 52 weeks a year, so 7,488 hours a year worked between the two of them. Again, to be generous let’s assume the worst of scenarios and that their combined avg. hourly rate was $8 (but this is impossible given NY min wage and that her mom was also driving school buses, admin at a local medical practice and scrubbing toilets per AOC’s backstory, more likely $12-$15/hour). $59,904/year, or $4,992 per month before taxes. We’ll assume 30% taken out, so $3,494.40 in cash per month. After mortgage and apartment condo fees, remaining is $1,000 to cover everything else. Is this great? No, not at all. But it is also incredibly inaccurate.
Now let’s do it again, and assume her stories are right but blended with reality.
5 days/week: 180 hours. 9,360 hours per year. $15/hour. $140,400 per year. $11,700 per month. $8,190 after taxes. $5,690 after Mortgage and Condo Fees to cover everything else.
So what this proves is that the claim that both AOC and her mother were working 18 hours a day is in some way fabricated because either they were working those hours in a shortened work week or they were over working for their means. The likely scenario is more believable that HER MOTHER was putting in all that work, HER MOTHER was busting her tail to let AOC chase her dreams without an income, that HER MOTHER was killing herself in order to put Gabe thru school for a Liberal Arts degree at LIU.
One last time with the more likely scenario. Only Blanca supporting both of them and two properties.
6 days/week, 12 hours/day. 72 hours. 3,744 hours per year. $15/hour. $56,160 per year. $4,680 per month. $3,510 (after 25% taxes). $1,000 for everything else per month.
Well… now we have a scenario where the income is nowhere near able to support: 1 house, 1 apartment, 1 out of college dreamer, 1 in college student. This said, there is no real way I can verify or prove which of the countless possible scenarios is true, but the tale being told can’t be true because if it was, they would have been OVER producing against their required income to survive. Not living lavishly by any stretch, but also not struggling.
The truth is somewhere in between they both (AOC and her mother) worked their tails off and lived a middle class life, or AOC did nothing to help the family financial situation and they lived very poorly. Like I said, we may never know but the facts suggest her story of her own personal struggle is fabricated in one way or the other.
April 6th, 2013:
Did whatever this was.
Jean-Bertrand Uwilingiyimana (no relation to the murdered politician as far as I could find) and AOC were friends from BU (Juwiling is in the dancing video and can be seen in many of her Instagram live stream sessions) and even attended her swearing in among other things.
I’ll focus on Jean for a minute because one of the things that comes across from AOC is this belief that favors are bad, preferential treatment should be avoided at all costs and seemingly that it shouldn’t matter who you know to advance in life.
So with all that in mind, I’d ask the question, regardless of whether or not he is qualified, how does it look when one of your best friends from college hangs out with you on the campaign trail, enjoys the contribution paid dinners, co-stars with you (granted on a much smaller scale) on your Instagram cooking videos…
and then gets a job with the start up (from and as a result of your campaign) company (REACH Progress) who developed your GOTV voter information software?
June 1st, 2013:
Bronx Apt (4D) Taxes Issued/Announced for Year (7/1/13–6/30/14): $778 ($64.83/mo.)…for a SECOND RESIDENCE.
July 4th, 2013:
Celebrated July 4th, 2013 at a Beach with BU friends. Appears to be Carson Beach, Boston. https://www.flickr.com/photos/juwiling/albums/72157642687856823. I don’t see (and didn’t find) any reason to specifically name these friends from BU.
September 8th, 2013:
Piano… iPad… not at work (she is the one who claims 18 hour work days, not me):
September 21st, 2013:
Speaks at Boston University “Why We Can’t Wait” for 30 minutes.
The revised and new bio for her and Brook Avenue Press starts to give us an idea of what it really was. A blog. It was supposed to be an online source of suggested reading material and learning instruments geared towards kids and parents. This would perfectly align with the promoted tweets I shared earlier on. So her big social impacting organization was finding books and other learning tools to post and retweet in a blog site/on Twitter.
Then it goes on to read about her time at Sunshine where I’m guessing she gave herself a title of Lead Educational Strategist at GAGEis, Inc. What this seems to boils down to is that she was the inside consultant for other startups to go to if they had Educational questions or discussions they wanted to pursue within the Sunshine Bronx Business Incubator. This could certainly have been a Value In Kind Trade type commitment between AOC and Sunshine which allowed her to get space in the building. Think of it as her policy on free education which has a plan that involved free education in exchange for putting certain amounts of time into benefiting the provider of the free education. Same type of thing.
Example, here is one of the other original Bronx Incubator residences (also featured in above articles on Sunshine) profile from Medium who would have also provided the consultancy in a different subject matter area:
Enjoy the above posted website… seems to be one they failed to take down/de-activate. They did however manage to disable all searching capabilities!
As far as what the heck she would even talk about at that point in her career is anyone’s guess… given she hasn’t actually accomplished anything yet in her post-college life. I would later go on to find out that the other co-founder of BU Culture Shock is the one who organized the event (Raul Fernandez) so probably had to fill a spot so reached out to an old friend. Regardless, here are a few accounts from people who were there:
REF: https://www.bu.edu/studentactivities/buleads/agenda/ , https://www.bu.edu/studentactivities/buleads/speakers-2/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/ , https://www.hercampus.com/school/bu/weekend-event-recap-buleads
November 3rd, 2013:
Alex Yepes-Roman and Rebecca Rodriguez with first daughter and Alex’s sister (middle). Only pointing this out to continue to connect the pictures/dots here on the relationship between AOC, Alex and Rebecca as it will be important later on regarding unethical nepotism.
November 28th, 2013:
Thanksgiving at Uncle Alex’s and Titi Rebecca’s:
December, 2013:
Given that both of these aspiring models/artists worked at the Union Coffee Shop Diner, this is the earliest I could find proving she was working in the restaurant industry.
December 31st, 2013:
New Years Eve flight to PR. #AnnualTradition
REF: Instagram
January 6th, 2014:
Gabe and AOC (and the whole fam) in Aguadilla, PR.
REF: Gabe’s Instagram.
Based on other trips to PR, an estimate could be made that it was at least a weeklong vacation, 12/31/13–1/6/14. Again, yet another week(s) long vacation, destination trip. I never enjoyed such luxuries and not hating that she could do this, but this is all indicative of a privileged life which absolutely most do not get to enjoy, yet she continuously complains about how horrible and hard life was for her growing up all the way to the point of becoming an elected congresswoman.
January 18th, 2014:
Gabe posts on Instagram a picture at Yorktown Heights house with “Baby blue”. An ESTIMATE would be that it was originally Sergio’s but really hard to know. March 29th post confirms it was his: “my 325is”.
OK… I mean… financial crisis within the family per her own accounts… Guess the car made the cut in the things that can stay while they scrub toilets to survive…
March, 25th, 2014:
Has a good deal of free time to make huge mural. — Instagram
March 29th, 2014:
Replaces his BMW (#BabyBlue) with a Volvo 4 door Sedan, s40. “Treated myself to a new ride. Hard work pays off! Replacement for my 325is.” It is unclear what that “work” was, but he does make note of going through 5 jobs during his time at school. Personally I would have been chipping in to help my mother pay the bills, but that is just me and I don’t know at all what money he made or what it went to other than his nice taste in automobiles.
April 12th, 2014:
Working 18 hours a day… and has time for… this. I guess by now the Brook Ave. Press is officially no more.
Why destroy a book for this… seems wasteful.
June 1st, 2014:
Bronx Apt (4D) Taxes Issued/Announced for Year: $778.
I’ve now included years of providing you with insight as to the amount of property taxes that are being billed to the Ocasio-Cortez family (I say that because as you’ll eventually find out, the facts I’ve found indicate that all the properties and assets have been placed into a Family Trust after the passing of her father, thus to some degree, the liabilities associated with those assets fall on the shoulders of the Trust account first and foremost, but the heirs secondly), and I’ve displayed them for a very specific reason, one I’ll get to in the 2015 update.
June 13th, 2014:
She has a job! A real job! (Just putting everything on the Union Coffee Shop employment in one place despite it jumping around in time some).
Just read the reviews… just wow. Sounds right up AOC’s alley. A bunch of attractive people working for a place and sitting around being rude and not wanting to work. Perfect.
So now that I’ve gone thru every single picture that has made it into cyberspace of the Union Coffee Shop and Flats Fix… one thing is certain… she did not work 18 hours a day… at least not at either of these establishments because I have a hard time imagining she’s that good at dodging photos that often. 5 out of 3,000 pictures? I have more pictures of the cooks than her on the job between 2014–2018 (Q1).
To be fair, she did get some good online reviews while at Flats Fix in 2016:
June 28th, 2014:
AOC takes a trip to Arizona. Overly educated and high probability assumption would be to meet Riley Roberts family or stay with them.
July 3rd, 2014:
Still in Arizona, takes pictures of Milky Way over Sedona, AZ.
At some point on the trip, attends what I believe to be a cousins wedding
I have a ton of baby, teen and young adult pic’s of Riley Roberts but I don’t see the point or reason despite the negative press he’s gotten for taking some of her campaign money to do work he actually legitimately does. Here is some adult life relevant now scrubbed stuff:
July 4th, 2014:
It would appear, returns from Arizona (nice 6–7 day vacation!)… and hits the road to go to Philly…
Roadtrip with Gabe to Philadelphia… a day or few days since returning from Arizona…? Seeming more and more like she is pretty unwilling to work.
July 5th, 2014:
For someone who claims to work 24/7/365/18 hours a day to support her dying family and at the same time battle off the racist supremacists at every turn… sure has a lot of time for vacations and hobbies… There is more… yes, it is a theme.
Odds are the picture behind her is the key to where she is at that moment, so if you recognize it and can find it for verification, will promote/give credit!
July 9th, 2014:
Does a little in-home photo shots.
Boy was the one on the left interesting… worked with her at the Coffee Shop, yet another aspiring artsy type…
Then it got weird…
It goes on for a while… does start to somewhat normalize into “artsy photography art” type pictures, very revealing, but much less shocking…
The point of this is to illustrate (she is FAR from the only one) that the media reports about the people that worked at the Union Square Coffee Shop were all aspiring artists of some form or another, mostly photography. She was trying a lot that year to get into it, that much is very clear.
September 18th, 2014:
AOC and some co-workers attend something called City Harvest, likely a food festival of sorts. In fairness, a good cause, however as far as I can tell she is just there for the event and food sampling vs. rolling up the sleeves and helping with something other than money. https://www.thedailymeal.com/harvest-square-2014-comes-union-square
I did a quick sweep (not a detailed review) and didn’t see her in the pictures during that timeframe so would not appear that she volunteered her time to help. Could be wrong and perhaps I’ll circle back at https://www.facebook.com/CityHarvestNYC/photos/a.136079836180/10152823230886181/?type=3&theater and review in more detail on a picture to picture basis.
December 25th, 2014:
Gets the book “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” by Thomas Piketty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_in_the_Twenty-First_Century
Snuggling up with a good book in a cozy living room in Yorktown Heights for the Christmas holiday.
February 22nd, 2015:
Alex Yepes-Roman and Rebecca Rodriguez attend his cousins (or Brother), Richard Yepes, marriage. Reminder to please be patient, there is a very critical reason why I keep including updates on these two individuals.
April 12th, 2015:
Sunday morning (heading north, sun rises in the east) trip back home to Yorktown Heights. Given her 18 hour days at the Coffee Shop, which is a Brazilian diner… I’d be fighting tooth and nail for that Sunday double shift to hit the brunch goers!
May 5th, 2015:
Gabe Graduates LIU — School of Visual and Performing Arts
His comment about 4 cars is interesting,
May 11th, 2015:
Why not take another vacation! AOC goes on a trip to Costa Rica with Riley… I’m starting to wonder if she was working 18 hours a day for 2 days a week or whenever she pleased because this vacation and hobby time schedule is a little ridiculous.
Packs (who packs like that?) her very expensive cameras, lens, apple macbook (or similar).
Per her own comment in the feed, going for 10 days. 10 DAYS!!!!!!! States Puerto Viejo, “with two quick pit stops at Arenal and a coffee finca first.”
A 10 DAY VACATION FROM WHAT?!?! FROM HAVING SO MUCH TIME YOU CAN ARRANGE YOUR LUGGAGE CONTENTS INTO A RECTANGLE AND TAKE PICTURES?!
Additionally, she notes her “iPhone6”, which had been released to the public in the U.S. 8 months prior. Based on her financial disclosures, I make more money than her and I wait at least 12–24 months to get a good deal on a phone.
May 21st, 2015:
Well… she’s back from her long vacation… time to unwind and get balance. Unreal the hardships she has had to endure.
June, 2015:
Party Time!
June 18th, 2015:
Gabe gets an Audi A3. “Work hard in silence & let your success make the noise” #aiden #A3”
July 13th, 2015:
Hard to tell for sure… but very possible… yet another trip to PR where I believe the Grandmother still lives at this point… Possible that this is Yorktown Heights also because they do have some forestry areas outside their house. In fairness, I believe it is Yorktown Heights backyard.
September 8th, 2015:
Attends an opening of the NASDAQ for her friend Alexandra’s (Allie) non-profit (I looked, it’s legit, above ground, no one is making even close to a lot of money and being put to good use and making a difference! Support if you can!!)
November 6th, 2015:
Not known for sure if AOC was there, would appear so based on earlier picture, but trip to PR for at least Gabe. Confirmation that their parents were married in Puerto Rico per other story accounts.
December 13th, 2015:
Gabe boasts “Second home living” — very capitalistic… very privileged.
December 31st, 2015:
Technically, this date is not accurate in terms of something actually happening, but given I’ve promoted a bit of a bombshell finding, I’m placing it here to be relocated upon the 2016 release.
As earlier noted, I have been providing you with the annual property taxes of the Bronx apartment that AOC lived in since returning from college in the summer of 2011.
But that is not the only newsworthy item that started around that time. It’s also when (in fairness to AOC, a few quarterly bills prior starting in 2010) the family started to neglect their responsibility… their MORAL responsibility to the city they own property in… to pay their property taxes on the apartment in question.
Note: I’m leaving out the names and address contained on these statements only because I’m not exactly clear on what I can and cannot do here so playing it safe. I want to “be perfectly clear” though… this is extremely public information that can be obtained by visiting the NYC Tax Assessor’s website. This is not doctored information in the least (with the only exception being the green checkmark I’ve drawn to indicate payment). Also keep in mind that the apartment is receiving a 34 year (or 20, I’m not clear) J-51 Abatement (massive tax reduction) because some updates were made to the building… seems more like the building management (Parkchester) made some kind of sketchy deal with the city to be honest, but who knows:
DIDN’T PAY PROPERTY TAXES (Total $293.03) FOR SIX (6) QUARTERS (i.e. Year and a ½)
[STOP / PAUSE]
THIS IS INSANELY IMPORTANT. THIS IS THE EXACT POINT IN TIME WHEN AOC IS AND HAS CLAIMED EXTREME POVERTY, FORECLOSURE, HARDSHIP, ETC… So after you read the rest of this, GO BACK AND SEE ALL THE THINGS SHE WAS DOING INSTEAD OF PAYING HER BILLS. ALL THE MONEY THAT WAS BEING SPENT ON THINGS THAT ONE MAY CONSIDER OVER AND ABOVE THE MIN. REQUIRED LIVING (in times of despair as she claims they were).
[CONTINUE / RESUME]
One could come to the guess that AOC was given the clean slate at this point. Her mother may have paid off the prior 6 months… excuse me, quarters (18 months)… of outstanding debt and instructed AOC that she was going to be responsible for it from that point forward if she was going to live there. Perfectly reasonable and sensible action for a parent to take upon allowing their child to start to learn how to fly out of the next so to speak. Well… if I’m right… WOWSERS… buckle up!
DIDN’T PAY PROPERTY TAXES (Total $4,666.92) FOR SEVENTEEN (17) QUARTERS (i.e. Four (4) Years and 3 months!!)
That isn’t even the crazy part… as I’ll show later… it does not even appear that AOC or her family paid it off to end the 17 quarter (51 mind blowing months) streak of non-payment. Seems that NYC just sold the debt to a collection agency. Good job contributing to the NYC government and your beloved Bronx AOC! I guess property taxes are immoral…
THEY DIDN’T PAY PROPERTY TAXES (Total $490.72) FOR SIX (6) QUARTERS (i.e. One and a half (1 ½) Years!).
LETS BE INSANELY PERFECTLY CLEAR TOO! PER HER FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE RECORDS SHE (AOC) HAS HAD $15,000 — $50,000 SITTING IN HER ACCOUNTS. CASH!
I’m very sorry, but I don’t care how poor you are (unless homeless in this case which seems to be the only reason), but you can’t afford $26.26 per month towards property taxes?!?!?
In February, 2018 the next quarterly bill comes in. $0.00 due. This is not fact, just a guess, but I think this could possibly be because at this point the apartment has been designated as a political campaign office. I literally have no idea if this is right or way off base, but maybe just maybe. Any political operatives out there familiar with Campaign office rules/regulations, if you know let me know!
But then goes tax free again on the August statement…
Pretty much the same on the Feb, 2019 statement.
June, 2019 statement has itty bitty charges applied:
Uh oh… here we go again… not paying bills… above went unpaid.
So what does all this mean to the city of New York? Well, probably lost revenue of at least by my guess, 50%.
So to the NYC government… that is some Congresswoman you have there! So when AOC makes all these complaints about cars taking pictures of her house or stalking her and her family about their tax bills… whose fault is that exactly? NYC? The company they had to hire so they could wash their hands of the mess you and so many others made for them? No… it was you not being responsible enough to take care of those bills that kept piling up in the apartment you yourself said you lived in. Did you have a special recycling bin to put them in each time they arrived? You claim your mom was working multiple jobs. You claim you were “working” 18 hours a day. Your brother was buying/leasing high end cars. You couldn’t scrape together $50 — $115/month to go towards an already INSANELY low property tax cost?
Just admit you lived off your mom and expected her to take care of everything while you did your non-paying hobbies, serving/bartending occasionally to have some spending money and for the bare essentials. Everything points towards that being the actual situation. Your financial disclosures not only back all that up, but ALSO suggest that you have ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE that you couldn’t chip in to pay the bills. You had enough, your checking account has what… $15K — $50K sitting in it right? But no… run out and get YET ANOTHER apartment instead…