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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 in a public-housing project.
- Ritchie Torres Profile Summary
- Early Life: His Family, Upbringing, and Education
- Entry Into Politics
- His November 2020 Victory
- Ritchie Torres AOC
Full name:Ritchie J. TorresDate of birth:12 March 1988Age:32 years old (as of 2020)Birthplace:Bronx, NYTorres and his twin brother were born in the East Bronx on 12 March 1988. Ritchie was named after the late singer Ritchie Valens after his mother watched the movie La Bamba. The politician is Afro-Latino - his father is from Puerto Rico while his mother is African-American. Ritchie Torres mother raised her childrenin Throggs Neck Houses, a public h...
Torres has said that his entry into politics was heavily influenced by his experience growing up in a public housing development that had mould, mildew, leaks, lead and lacked consistent heat or hot water during the winter months. When he decided to run for the New York City Council in 2013, he chose to run as an openly gay man. He was first electe...
After winning acrowded primary in the summer of 2020, Torres sailed to a resounding victoryin November 2020 over his Republican opponent in New York's 15th Congressional District, a Democratic stronghold centred in the Bronx. Ritchie Torres learned he had been elected to Congress while watching the election results at a friend's house with a few co...
Torres' district is located next to that represented by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, whose record on Israel-related issues is generally viewed ashostile, but Torres is very much a supporter of the Jewish state. In an interview with Jewish Insider, Torres said he was pro-Israel "not despite my progressive values, but because of my progressive values." ...
His mother raised him, his twin brother, and their sister. Torres was upset by the $269 million city-subsidized Trump Golf Links built "across the street" in Ferry Point Park rather than housing for struggling New Yorkers; the course was built on a landfill, took 14 years to be developed, and opened in 2015.
Jan 25, 2015 · Torres and his twin brother were born in the East Bronx. He was named for the late singer Ritchie Valens, after his mother watched the movie La Bamba. His father wasn't around at the outset...
My mother raised me, my twin... - Ritchie Torres For Congress. My mother raised me, my twin brother, and my sister in a small NYCHA apartment, all by herself, on jobs that barely paid the minimum wage. So I’m no...
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Nov 11, 2022 · Slightly after Rihanna but slightly before Adele, Torres was born in 1988 alongside his twin brother, Reuben—he also has an older sister, Melissa, by another father—and raised by his single mother in Throggs Neck Houses, a public housing project known for broken heaters, leaky pipes, lead paint, mold, rats, and roaches.
Dec 31, 2020 · Torres grew up with his mother, twin brother, and sister. Debra told The New Yorker in 2016 that she named him after Ritchie Valens, having seen the film La Bamba when she was pregnant with him.
