{"id":378325,"date":"2026-10-20T22:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T22:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/378325\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T22:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T22:20:08","slug":"aoc-latest-ny-lawmaker-to-receive-envelope-with-suspicious-white-powder-amid-nationwide-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/378325\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC latest NY lawmaker to receive envelope with suspicious white powder amid nationwide investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> became the latest New York elected official to receive suspicious mail Tuesday after an envelope containing white powder was delivered to her Hunts Point district office in the Bronx, police confirmed.<\/p>\n

The incident at AOC\u2019s office came just four days after a similar envelope prompted a hazardous materials response at fellow Bronx U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres\u2019 district office<\/a>, where six people were exposed to a substance later determined to be non-hazardous.<\/p>\n

Police received a 911 call for assistance at 1:26 p.m. on Oct. 20 at Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s office at 1231 Lafayette Ave., according to an NYPD spokesperson. Officers from the 41st Precinct responded and discovered an envelope containing suspicious white powder.<\/p>\n

The substance was subsequently determined to be non-hazardous, and no injuries or symptoms were reported, the spokesperson said. The investigation remains ongoing.\n<\/p>\n

In a statement, Ocasio-Cortez said the letter was consistent with suspicious mailings sent to dozens of elected officials across the country.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, my Hunts Point District Office received a suspicious letter consistent with those received by dozens of elected officials across the country,\u201d she said. \u201cI am grateful to local and federal law enforcement who quickly responded to investigate the matter and worked to ensure the safety of my staff.\u201d<\/p>\n

The FBI and U.S. Capitol Police were also investigating the letter, according to the congresswoman\u2019s office, as authorities investigate a series of suspicious mailings sent to elected officials across the country.<\/a><\/p>\n

Ocasio-Cortez suggested the mailings were intended to intimidate public officials ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThis string of suspicious mailings started two weeks before a consequential midterm election and is seemingly intended to intimidate public servants and sow further division,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The latest incident follows suspicious mailings addressed to Torres and New York Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand last week.\n<\/p>\n

In a statement provided to amNewYork on Friday<\/a>, the FBI said it was investigating suspicious mailings nationwide but would not confirm individual incidents or letters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating a series of suspicious mailings sent to various addresses nationwide, including Secretary of State offices and their related election offices,\u201d the FBI\u2019s National Press Office said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the letters contained an unknown substance, and we are working closely with our law enforcement partners to respond to each incident.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The bureau said investigators were working to identify those responsible for the letters.\n<\/p>\n

This is a developing story; check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the latest New York elected official to receive suspicious mail Tuesday after an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22824,9,11,10,138960],"class_list":["post-378325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-aoc","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-suspicious-letters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}