Comptroller candidate Mark Levine nabbed the endorsement Wednesday of Democratic firebrand — and potential gubernatorial challenger — Rep. Ritchie Torres as the race for the open seat narrows to a two-man primary.
A new bill introduced on Wednesday by Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Bronx Democrat, would offer taxpayers a 20% credit for filtration systems that remove lead from drinking water. The filters, experts said, would serve as a temporary solution ahead of a deadline in 10 years for landlords to replace all lead pipes in the country carrying drinking water.
Bronx Congressman Ritchie Torres is accusing Gov. Kathy Hochul of bungling oversight of a program for toddlers with severe disabilities such as autism and down’s syndrome.
BLOCKING OUT THE HATERS: Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres is blocking Gov. Kathy Hochul’s staffers on X as he mounts a likely bid to run against her next year.
Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to open a 2,200-bed shelter for migrant men in the South Bronx is being met with massive resistance from residents and elected
Yet Torres voted for the Laken Riley Act that includes undocumented migrants who are accused of nonviolent theft-based crimes — like shoplifting — as candidates for deportation. In March, he voted against last year’s version of the bill.
Rep. Ritchie Torres called out the Biden administration for failing to address practical issues that matter dearly to working-class Americans across the country.
The Bronx’s moderate congressman on Israel, immigration, Daniel Penny and the possibility of a primary challenge against Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres held a press conference on Monday to urge Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state to do more for the New York State Early Intervention Program.
After New York Mayor Eric Adams announced the planned opening of a massive, 2,000-bed migrant shelter in the South Bronx, Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres slammed the decision, accusing Adams ...
Maya Kornberg, a Jewish Democrat running to unseat far-left city councilmember Shahana Hanif, said ‘the City Council is not the State Department and is not going to solve a conflict by passing a resol
ALBANY, N.Y. (TNND) — Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., on Tuesday made an urgent appeal for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to reinstate a ban on face masks, pointing to "sympathizers" of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) while doing so.