New York City Congressman Ritchie Torres has called on the city to stop treating the Bronx like “a dumping ground” for shelters, as it prepares to move thousands of migrant men there from the troubled Randall’s Island tent city.
Gov. Kathy Hochul ducked any mention of a clamored-for ban on wearing masks in public during her State of the State Tuesday — a notable omission that drew condemnation from a potential election rival.
The Governor would never tolerate an open-air drug market outside of the governor’s mansion,” the Democratic Bronx pol wrote in a letter to Kathy Hochul.
Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15) called on officials to permanently dismantle the open air drug market in the South Bronx during a press conference on Monday.
After New York Mayor Eric Adams announced plans for a 2,000-bed migrant shelter in the Bronx, Rep. Ritchie Torres slammed the decision, accusing Adams of creating an immigrant “dumping ground."
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.
NEW YORK-- Bronx leaders are asking New York City ... and it's unacceptable," Congressman Ritchie Torres said. Torres said he is working with the local business improvement district leaders ...
New York City Congressman Ritchie Torres is eviscerating Gov. Kathy Hochul for her “passive” stance on an insidious open-air drug market festering in the South Bronx. A Post exposé revealed ...
N.Y., wrote to Gov. Kathy Hochul saying “masking easily enables criminals to harass, intimidate, and commit violence against innocent New Yorkers — all while remaining