House backs mandating lithium-ion battery safety standards
FDNY officials had been pushing for lawmakers to pass the bill. In 2023 alone, NYC saw 268 fires caused by the batteries.
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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.