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.
The Bronx’s moderate congressman on Israel, immigration, Daniel Penny and the possibility of a primary challenge against Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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 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.
The owner of an Israeli restaurant in New York City that was targeted by antisemitic graffiti thinks the vandals got the "opposite" of what they hoped for.
Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., called out the Biden administration for mishandling the border crisis so badly that it ultimately cost the Democratic Party the election. On MSNBC’s "Morning Joe ...
Progressive congressional staffers withdrew their 32-hour week proposal just a day after receiving widespread blowback from both sides of the aisle about the plan.  “The letter failed to make two
The House of Representatives passed a Senate-revised version of the Laken Riley Act Wednesday, sending the first piece of significant legislation to President Trump’s desk for his expected
A G.O.P. measure to deport immigrants accused of minor crimes has spotlighted a divide among Democrats over how to position themselves on immigration, with some already shifting to the right.
New York City politicians are rallying around an Israeli restaurant after it was vandalized in what Mayor Eric Adams is calling a "despicable act of antisemitism."
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.
The House of Representatives passed a Senate-revised version of the Laken ... Tom Suozzi, Laura Gillen, John Mannion, Joe Morelle and Ritchie Torres. “Today we’re going to send to President ...