Ritchie Torres

Ritchie Torres was born in The Bronx in 1988. He attended New York University from 2006 to 2007. He previously worked as a civil servant and community organizer. He served on the New York City Council from 2014 to 2020.[1]

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Campaign websiteTorres' campaign website stated the following:Every single day across the Bronx, families sit at their kitchen table struggling to make ends meet. How will they make rent in the most expensive city in America? Will their children be safe on the way to school? How will they support their family tomorrow?Those questions weighed heavily on my mother and me as we struggled to scrape by. I’m a product of the Bronx, born and bred. I was raised by a single mother who kept our family afloat on a $4.25 minimum wage. I grew up in a housing project that was full of leaks and lead, with no reliable heat or hot water in the winter.As a product of public housing, public schools, and public hospitals, I had a dream of fighting for my community in the hopes of building a better Bronx. At 25, against all odds, I became the youngest elected official in New York City, and the first openly LGBTQ elected official from the Bronx. I represented Bronx communities on the New York City Council, and as of 2021, I'm honored to be the Congressman for New York's 15th Congressional District. The Bronx needs one of our own to fight for us in Washington, and I'm honored to carry the mantle. I'm fighting for quality health care and housing, schools and jobs. I'm standing up for immigrants, seniors, and youth. I'm fighting everyday to protect our neighborhoods from gun violence and make the Bronx a safe, decent, affordable place to live. My motto in life is simple: ‘If you do nothing, nothing will change’. We can build a better Bronx, we can build An Affordable America, and we will do it together.In Solidarity,Ritchie Torres— Ritchie Torres' campaign website (April 17, 2026)Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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Torres provided the following candidate statement for the New York City voter guide:

My dedication to these issues is founded upon a fundamental belief that communities like ours in the Bronx have been notoriously underserved, and are under even greater threat today. We have a moral obligation to address the issues plaguing our most vulnerable communities. The city is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis with homelessness hitting record levels. We must protect New York’s public housing stock in the face of federal budget cuts, and fight to deepen affordability for low-income residents. We must also address the widespread disparities in opportunity for our children. Young people of color are forced to learn in disparately underfunded schools, and their classrooms are strikingly more segregated than their neighborhoods. If we want to give everyone in our district a better chance, we must enact reform that protects the rights of those who are disproportionately targeted by the criminal justice system, give our children a seat at the same table as at any other neighborhood, and ensure them a safe and stable place to come home to.[4][5]

—Ritchie Torres (2017)