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Rep. Ritchie Torres

@repritchie.bsky.social
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Congressman for #NY15 (Bronx). Bronx native, product of public housing. Fighting every day for the essential borough. Official House account. ritchietorres.house.gov

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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
SNAP helps nearly 3 million New Yorkers afford groceries. Today, the federal share of SNAP administrative costs falls from 50% to 25%, shifting more costs to New York. I'm fighting to delay Trump's next SNAP cost shift and protect this critical lifeline.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Wishing a meaningful Yom Kippur to everyone observing in the Bronx and beyond. May this be a time for reflection, forgiveness, and connection with the people who matter most. G'mar Chatimah Tovah.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Electric bill too high? You may be eligible for a monthly discount. New York State’s Energy Affordability Program can save you up to hundreds of dollars a year. This is on top of the $200 rebate checks going to millions of homes. See if you’re eligible: NY.gov/EAP
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Generaciones de neoyorquinos latinos han ayudado a forjar el Bronx que llamamos nuestro hogar. ¡Feliz Mes de la Herencia Hispana! Sigamos celebrando nuestras culturas, tradiciones e historias, y construyendo juntos el futuro del Bronx.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Generations of Latino New Yorkers have helped shape the Bronx we call home. This Hispanic Heritage Month, we celebrate our cultures, traditions, and histories. Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Let us continue to celebrate our roots and build the future of the Bronx together.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
To our Jewish neighbors in the Bronx and beyond: wishing you and your loved ones a sweet and meaningful Rosh Hashanah. May the new year bring health and happiness. Shana Tova!
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Melrose and Morrisania is a serious matter for our community. My heart is with the Bronxites affected and their families. If you were in this area and develop flu-like symptoms, seek medical attention. Early treatment matters. Read my full statement below:
The Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Melrose and Morrisania is a serious matter for our community. Five people have been diagnosed, and one person has lost their life. 

My heart is with those Bronxites and their families who are healing and mourning.

My office is in contact with the Department of Health and closely following developments and guidance.

If you live, work, or recently visited the area and develop flu-like symptoms, please seek medical attention promptly. Early treatment matters.

In commitment to a healthy Bronx,

Ritchie Torres
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
September 11 changed our city, our country, and countless lives forever. Today, I remember every family who lost someone they loved, every survivor who carries the memories of that day, and every first responder who ran toward danger to save others. We will never forget.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Garífuna community is an important part of the Bronx, and this issue is deeply personal to many of my constituents. I'm urging Secretary Rubio and the State Department to press the Honduran government to protect Garífuna families and uphold their rights.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Suicide prevention is personal to me. On World Suicide Prevention Day, I want to remind anyone struggling that you are not alone. There is help, there is hope, and you do not have to face it alone. Call or text 988 for support.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Happy Labor Day! Today, we celebrate everyone who shows up every day to work hard, care for their families, support their communities, and keep our city moving forward. Thank you for all that you do for the Bronx and beyond.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We thank them for their dedication and celebrate this incredible milestone for the Bronx. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/n...
nytimes.com
An Otter in the Bronx Is a Big Deal. Here’s Why.
A photo of a North American river otter suggests a river coming back to life, Bronx Zoo experts say.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
For the first time in more than 100 years, a North American river otter has been spotted in the Bronx River! This remarkable moment is a testament to decades of work by Bronx environmental activists and community leaders who fought to restore our river.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
That’s exactly the loophole our bill, the Families Deserve to Know Act, closes. ICE should not be able to release someone and then evade responsibility for what happens to them shortly after.
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Immigrant detained at ICE facility in New Jersey died after medical emergency
More than 50 people have died in ICE ​custody nationwide since President Trump took office in January. Rights groups have ⁠raised concerns about medical care and living conditions.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A third person held at Delaney Hall, Jose Chajon-Raxon, has now died after ICE released him to a hospital. ICE says it has no responsibility because he was no longer in custody.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
South Bronx families deserve critical care close to home, when every second counts.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Proud to join @governor.ny.gov in announcing a $9 million investment to complete a cardiac catheterization lab at @nychealthsystem.bsky.social Lincoln Hospital, bringing this kind of lifesaving emergency care to the Bronx for the first time.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I’m calling on the Senate to pass the bipartisan House-passed TPS extension immediately. Turning our backs on Haitian families now would be a moral failure.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
New York City is home to thousands of Haitian families who came here fleeing violence and instability. Today, their Temporary Protected Status comes to an end.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I am calling on the SEC to investigate this absurdity before it launches next week. Presidential power should never be sold as a trading advantage.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Trump Media wants to charge Wall Street firms for millisecond access to the President's Truth Social posts before everyone else sees them. Posts that move markets on tariffs, energy, and foreign policy. www.axios.com/2026/07/21/t...
axios.com
Scoop: Lawmaker asks SEC to investigate Truth Social's plan to monetize access to its data
The letter escalates scrutiny of Trump Media & Technology Group's plan to monetize President Trump's market-moving social posts.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
House Republicans refuse to bring this bill to the floor. House Democrats will force a vote ourselves.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Today, I signed the discharge petition for the American Dream and Promise Act. Dreamers and TPS holders who built their lives here deserve certainty, not the threat of deportation hanging over them every day.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
When a public official is absent for an extended period of time, the public has a right to an honest explanation. I'm introducing the Duty of Transparency Act to require Members to disclose extended absences so constituents know where their representative is. www.axios.com/2026/07/14/m...
axios.com
House Democrat wants reckoning after Mitch McConnell, Tom Kean Jr. absences
The "Duty of Transparency Act" would require lawmakers to disclose expected absences longer than three weeks.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
As a son of the Bronx raised in public housing, this is personal and real progress for families who need it.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Proud that five of my provisions in the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act are now the law of the land. President Trump called the bill "a big yawn" and refused to sign it. The American people struggling to afford a home know better, and so did the bipartisan majorities who passed it.(1/2)
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Honored to stand with community members, Bronx BP Vanessa Gibson, and @1199seiu.org at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in defense of Temporary Protected Status. Our neighbors from Haiti and Syria have built lives, families, and communities here. They deserve dignity, stability, and protection.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Today, I returned to the Hub in the South Bronx to assess conditions firsthand and ensure the city is following through on the public safety measures I fought for. We must continue working to make this neighborhood safer and stronger for everyone who calls it home.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy Independence Day! As we celebrate America's 250th birthday, may we honor our history while continuing the work of building a future where liberty, justice, and opportunity are within reach for all.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I will continue fighting until La Junta is abolished once and for all. Puerto Rico deserves fiscal stability without sacrificing democracy or self-government.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
As Puerto Rico continues making meaningful progress toward fiscal stability, the time has come to end this extraordinary federal intervention and restore full fiscal authority to Puerto Rico’s democratically elected government.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
But it also imposed an unelected Fiscal Oversight and Management Board, La Junta, that remains a painful reminder of the denial of democratic rights to the more than three million American citizens who call Puerto Rico home.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Ten years ago, Congress enacted PROMESA to address Puerto Rico’s unprecedented fiscal crisis and provide a path toward restructuring an unsustainable debt burden.
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Don Graves 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇷 @dongravesjr.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Competition over technologies now unfolds within a single, contested economic and technological battlefield. The US needs to expand the "small yard, high fence" to its financial services. I was pleased to co-author this op-ed with @repritchie.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | The keys to your life savings might be compromised
China is deploying market access to steal intellectual property, monitor Americans and conduct economic espionage.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Donald Trump's executive order was blatantly unconstitutional and sought to fundamentally undermine the fabric of America.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Supreme Court has spoken and upheld that birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment. It was settled law 128 years ago in Wong Kim Ark, and it remains settled law today.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Chinese-linked fintech apps beholden to the CCP are licensed U.S. broker-dealers and collecting Americans' SSNs, trade data, and financial profiles. My new op-ed with @dongravesjr.bsky.social on this urgent national security crisis. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | The keys to your life savings might be compromised
China is deploying market access to steal intellectual property, monitor Americans and conduct economic espionage.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
As states confront historic federal Medicaid cuts, the DOJ's new memo risks being read as permission to reduce home and community-based services and increase the risk of unnecessary institutionalization. www.bxtimes.com/doj-memo-bac...
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Department of Justice Memo sparks backlash from Bronx elected officials and disability advocacy groups – Bronx Times
“As a person with a disability who has faced immense pressures from society that views us negatively, it's kind of a slap in the face knowing that our federal
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This is a disgraceful attack on our neighbors and cruelty dressed up as law. Tens of thousands of Haitian TPS holders work as the nurses and home health aides caring for our seniors. Ripping away their status hurts every family that depends on their care.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The Supreme Court just cleared the way to begin deporting hundreds of thousands of Haitians and several thousand Syrians who have lived and worked in the US for years. This ruling lets the administration end humanitarian protection by fiat, with no court able to stop it while the case proceeds.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Concourse Village has endured for more than 60 years, and we have to ensure that it endures for the next 60 years and beyond. www.bxtimes.com/ritchie-torr...
bxtimes.com
Rep. Ritchie Torres secures $3.15M to replace aging pipes at Concourse Village – Bronx Times
U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres announced Friday that he has secured $3.15 million in federal funding to replace aging domestic water and waste pipes at Concourse
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Wishing a Happy Father's Day to all the Bronx dads, grandfathers, father figures, and mentors who have shaped our lives with their guidance, care, and love. We celebrate your impact on our families and community, today and every day!
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Frederick Douglass famously asked: what to a slave is July 4? Juneteenth is Black America’s Independence Day. Grateful to celebrate with neighbors, community organizations, and elected officials across the Bronx. We will keep working to make freedom real for all.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I've written to Honduran President Zablah demanding the wreckage and cockpit voice recorder be recovered, the investigation be conducted independently, and the families get the answers they deserve.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
More than fourteen months after the crash of Lanhsa Flight 018 off Roatán, the families of twelve victims, including beloved Garífuna singer and American citizen Aurelio Martínez Suazo, are still waiting for accountability. eldiariony.com/2026/06/16/c...
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Congresista de El Bronx pide a Honduras acelerar investigación por accidente aéreo en el que murió el músico estadounidense - El Diario NY
Ritchie Torres expresó preocupación porque los restos de la aeronave y sus motores continúan sumergidos en el mar frente a las costas de Roatán
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Dreamers strengthen our communities and our country every day. As we celebrate 14 years of DACA, we must continue the fight for permanent protections and a pathway to citizenship so Dreamers can build their lives in the only home many have ever known.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Kosovo is the single greatest American ally in the Western Balkans. It is a grave mistake that the White House just nominated ambassadors to Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina while leaving Kosovo's post vacant. www.gazetaexpress.com/ritchie-torr...
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Ritchie Torres flet për Express: Gabim i rëndë që SHBA la vetëm Kosovën pa ambasador, Trump ta nominojë menjëherë një
Ritchie Torres flet për Express: Gabim i rëndë që SHBA la vetëm Kosovën pa ambasador, Trump ta nominojë menjëherë një
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Rep. Ritchie Torres @repritchie.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
As a gay Afro-Latino kid from the Bronx, I never took Pride for granted. Pride is a reminder that progress is possible, and worth fighting for. May we take this time to honor the trailblazers who came before us, and celebrate our community today. Happy Pride Month! 🌈
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