Ritchie Torre News Today

FDNY officials had been pushing for lawmakers to pass the bill. In 2023 alone, NYC saw 268 fires caused by the batteries.

Torres is one of a shrinking number of lawmakers in the party who remains a staunch backer of Israel’s actions, and often of its government’s talking points.

(New York Jewish Week) — Last week, a video circulated online that won plaudits from Ritchie Torres’ supporters and opponents alike.

(New York Jewish Week) — Last week, a video circulated online that won plaudits from Ritchie Torres’ supporters and opponents alike.

The district office of Bronx Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres was vandalized by “anti-Israel extremists” on Christmas Day, with blood-red paint covering a doll representing Jesus Christ — which the congressman took as an attempt to intimidate him for being a staunch defender of the Jewish state.

Pro-Hamas protests erupting on campuses across the country have shocked and dismayed Americans.

(Re: “Pro-Palestine supporters: Torres supports genocide,” Oct. 26.) To the Editor: The headline “Pro-Palestine supporters:  Torres supports genocide” with the picture of the pro-Israel SAR students  beneath the smaller subtitle “SAR students:  We stand with U.S. Rep Ritchie Torres stance.”

As demands increase for a cease-fire in Gaza to stop Israel’s genocidal war against the people of Palestine, demonstrations continue in cities across the U.S. Coordinated actions included the National Student Walkout for Palestine in the U.S. and Canada on Oct. 25, which was organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement,…

It has been nearly seven months since a fire ignited by a lithium-ion battery on an e-scooter that was charging inside a supermarket in Fordham Heights. While the store was destroyed, no one was killed, thankfully.

“Imagine, for a moment, the inconsolable grief of a Jewish mother whose baby has been butchered to death,” wrote Rep. Ritchie Torres. “Could you imagine anything more callous and …