Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., blasted producers of a recent episode of “American Idol” for portraying the borough in a bad light and ignoring all the positive changes in Boogie Down over the past few decades.

In the episode, 16-year-old Travis Orlando, who moved on to the next round after impressing the judges, took camera crews on a tour of the Bronx neighborhood where he grew up. “You have robberies, you have killings, anything you can possibly imagine, it goes on here,” Orlando said of the shelter where he lived with his family, which appears to be on the Grand Concourse. The video, complete with a dramatic musical montage, shows shots of liter on the street and ambulances whirring by, sirens blazing.

In a statement, Diaz said he’s “disgusted” with the show’s treatment of the borough. “Rather than focus on the amazing revitalization the Bronx has seen over the past three decades, the producers of the show chose instead to highlight the negative stereotypes that have plagued our borough for years,” he said. “The portrayal of the Bronx by the producers of American Idol in such an extremely negative light is not only shameful, it does not accurately represent how far the Bronx has come.”