Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s New York office has been vandalised after she voted against cutting US funding for Israel.

The outside of the Left-wing congresswoman’s office in the Bronx was smeared in red paint on Sunday, and a sign reading “AOC funds genocide in Gaza” in red letters was displayed on the shutters outside.

Ms Ocasio-Cortez, a long-time critic of Israel and the war in Gaza, angered many of her supporters on Friday when she broke with her progressive allies to vote against an amendment cutting millions of dollars in aid for Israel’s missile defence.

A group calling itself the Boogie Down Liberation Front has taken responsibility for the graffiti.

“The Bronx is sick and tired of people like AOC and [New York congressman] Ritchie Torres using us as a stepping stone for their own political careers,” the organisation said in a statement.

“The Bronx stands with the people of Palestine and we denounce the hypocrisy of AOC who voted to fund Israel’s ongoing genocide and starvation campaign in Gaza. F–k AOC!”