Wikipedia seems to dispute any notion that the people of LIC are abnormally poor: > As of 2017, the median household income was $66,382 in Community Board 1[47

Wikipedia seems to dispute any notion that the people of LIC are abnormally poor: > As of 2017, the median household income was $66,382 in Community Board 1[47] and $67,359 in Community Board 2.[48] In 2018, an estimated 18% of Community Board 1 and 20% of Community Board 2 residents lived in poverty, compared to 19% in all of Queens and 20% in all of New York City. The unemployment rate was 8% in Community Board 1 and 5% in Community Board 2, compared to 8% in Queens and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 47% in Community Board 1 and 51% in Community Board 2, slightly lower than the citywide and boroughwide rates of 53% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, as of 2018, northern LIC is considered to be gentrifying, while southern LIC is considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying.[43]: 7 [44]: 7 For what it's worth, my sister-in-law lives there (in a $4 million brownstone) and I visit with my wife for New Year's Eve every year. There may or may not be a ton of high-paying jobs literally in Long Island City, but it's on the bank of the East River, a two-minute train ride from Manhattan, maybe ten from Hudson Yards. They're probably better off converting all those old bottling plants to residences rather than office space anyway. Also, not that she shouldn't care about LIC to whatever extent all people should care about other people, but AOC's district does not include LIC.