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Early life and education. Ritchie Torres was born on March 12, 1988, in the Bronx. He is Afro-Latino; his father is Afro-Puerto Rican and his mother was born in the Bronx to Puerto Rican parents. Torres was raised Catholic but says he is not practicing while still believing in God.
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 Bronx, poverty and struggle have never been abstractions to him, and he governs from a place of lived experience. Ritchie’s mother single-handedly raised him, his twin brother, and his sister ...
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The student debt crisis from higher education has grown to an unconscionable extent. Canceling student debt would relieve an unprecedented economic burden on working families, build a stronger bridge to the middle class, and fulfill the people’s right to an accessible, affordable education. I’m in favor of cancelling as much as $50,000 of ...
Dec 31, 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.
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I'll fight for quality health care and housing, schools and jobs. I'll stand up for immigrants, seniors, and youth. I'll fight everyday to protect our neighborhoods from gun violence and make the Bronx a safe, decent, affordable place to live. My motto in life is simple: ‘If you do nothing, nothing will change’.
Jun 1, 2021 · Torres also worked to pass the Equality Act, a sweeping LGBTQ rights bill that would prohibit discrimination in employment, housing, education, public accommodations and other arenas. When the...
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 ...
