Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s clout in the voting booth, as opposed to on social media, will get a real test June 25 in the Democratic primary for Queens District Attorney, as she’s backing Tiffany Caban, who’s become a favorite among those on the left as she tries to upset better-known candidates like Rory Lancman and Melissa Katz (who’s also better-funded) and the candidate who best fits the mold of the traditional DA, Gregory Lasak.
While we await the outcome of that race, however, a different kind of political test of AOC’s influence is taking place in California, where the state’s Building and Construction Trades Council has risen up in anger against the “Green New Deal LA” plan put forward last month by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. One feature of his proposal is a buffer zone where new oil and gas wells could not be drilled, and a large hydro project would be grounded.
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