Ritchie Torres represents America's poorest congressional district. He's on a mission to save public housing.
POLITICO Ritchie Torres represents America's poorest congressional district. He's on a mission to save public housing. A member of both the Congressional Black and Hispanic Caucuses, the New York representative shares his thoughts on child poverty and defunding the police. Link Copied Design and development by Kamran Rahman. Ritchie Torres already made history in 2013, when he became the youngest member of the New York city council at 25. In 2021 he did it again becoming the first openly gay Afro-Latino person elected to Congress. Before getting here, he made waves demanding to be allowed in ...