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31 de dic. de 2020 · Ritchie Torres, the first Afro-Latino, out-LGBTQ politician in Congress, talks about poverty, depression, ambition, contracting COVID, de Blasio’s “incompetence,” and the Squad.
24 de ago. de 2023 · BRONX, N.Y. – U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (NY-15) today joined local healthcare advocates and affected seniors and public sector retirees to announce he will be introducing new legislation – the “Right to Medicare Act” – aimed at protecting the rights of seniors to access traditional Medicare coverage. It comes as a response to New York […]
11 de nov. de 2022 · Erik Umphery. Congressman Ritchie Torres is trying to be normal, bless his heart. He's standing in line at the U.S. Capitol’s on-site Dunkin’ on a recent Tuesday morning, waiting to order his breakfast of a small macchiato with almond milk. Suddenly, the man standing in front of him, a young aide to a Florida congresswoman, lights up with ...
27 de oct. de 2023 · Ritchie Torres: From my first year in the [New York] City Council, I was invited by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York to go on a delegation to Israel [in 2015].
Representative Ritchie Torres is a fighter from the Bronx who has spent his entire life working for the community he calls home. Like many people in the South Bronx, poverty and struggle have never been abstractions to him, and he governs from a place of lived experience. Ritchie currently lives in the South Bronx and represents NY-15 in the South Bronx.
Rep. Ritchie Torres Announces $18,171,279 in Community Project Funding. Bronx, NY –Today, U.S. Representative Torres (NY-15) announced $18,171,279 in federal funding for community projects across New York’s 15th Congressional District. This funding, secured through the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations process, will support a range of ...
26 de jun. de 2023 · Ritchie Torres, the only openly gay Black man in Congress, on how he fights GOP ‘bullying’ of LGBT+ people. The New York Democrat talks with Eric Garcia about how he deals with homophobes in ...
