Ritchie Torres

Today, I joined @nychagram to celebrate the completion of a $3 million exterior lighting installation at Jackson Houses. I’m proud to have secured the funding for these 132 new fixtures across wal...

The new Fed chair consulted for an investment firm fighting Puerto Rico’s debt adjustment plan. The people of Puerto Rico deserve to know what he advised and when.

Today marked a historic milestone as we celebrated with a groundbreaking ceremony for River’s Edge, the newest addition to our beautiful 32-acre campus. River’s Edge, New York City’s first and only...

ICE agents chasing people with firearms drawn in the Bronx is dangerous and unacceptable. After two disturbing incidents in Norwood, including the unjust detention of Jeury Concepcion, I’ve called ...

As the elected officials representing this community, we are outraged by the recent actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who brutally attacked an innocent civilian in Norwood....

Prediction markets cannot be a backdoor for campaign insiders to profit off nonpublic polling, strategy, and fundraising data. I will be introducing legislation to ban insider trading on politica...

New federal rules are cutting SNAP benefits for New Yorkers who don’t meet new work requirements. If you’re between 18-64, without children under 14, and able to work, you may need to report 80 ho...

In the Bronx, the digital divide holds people back every day. I’m proud to partner with @nycmayor in securing a $2M expansion of @nychousing and @nypl’s Neighborhood Internet program, which provide...

The Court’s insidious assault on Section 2 is likely to trigger the worst collapse of minority representation since the failure of Reconstruction—not by accident but by design.

We are heartbroken by the tragic fire in Belmont that claimed the lives of two of our neighbors, including a 17‑year‑old, injured civilians and firefighters, and displaced many of our residents and...

Scott Bessent wants your bank account to be a surveillance tool for ICE. @sen_alsobrooks and I are introducing the Financial Access Protection Act to stop banks from collecting or reporting your i...

Last Sunday, I had the honor of hosting the one and only @repmaxinewaters at Michaelangelo’s on Arthur Avenue for a fireside chat about her remarkable life story and the crucial housing work coming...

If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck. There’s been a seemingly endless stream of suspicious trades surrounding Donald Trump’s Truth Social post...

House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member @repmaxinewaters and I visited @poncebank in the Bronx to meet with the leaders of minority depository institutions and Community Development Finan...

This past Sunday, it was an honor to welcome Congresswoman @repmaxinewaters to the South Bronx. We sat down with NYCHA tenant leaders from across NY-15 and heard directly about the conditions and ...

I wrote to the CEOs of Delta, United, JetBlue + Southwest with a simple message: if airline pricing is tied to fuel costs on the way up, it has to be tied to fuel costs on the way down. No more on...

The CFTC just opened an investigation into suspicious oil futures trades executed before President Trump’s announcements on Iran, exactly as I demanded. Whoever placed these trades was betting hun...

Guns Down Life Up!! Truly Blessed!! Thanks to CONGRESSMEMBER RITCHIE TORRES @repritchie Representing New York’s 15th District Donation of $350,000 for The GDLU | Lincoln Hospital Initiative!! We ...

Hours before the U.S.-Iran ceasefire was announced, traders placed an approximately $950 million position on declining oil prices. Either that is the most fortunate coincidence in the history of e...