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Rep. Ritchie Torres quietly leaves Progressive Caucus amid tensions over Israel-Hamas war
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDemocratic Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York at a hearing on Capitol Hill on March 29, 2023.Tom...
POLITICO Q&A: Rep. Ritchie Torres is Israel’s loudest House supporter
Politico via Yahoo News· 6 months agoNEW YORK — He’s Puerto Rican, culturally Christian, a member of the Progressive Caucus, and — until...
Earthquake centered near New York City rattles the Northeast
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 month agoNEW YORK — An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning,...
Israel critics in Congress are ‘playing into the hands of Hamas,’ Rep. Ritchie Torres says
Jewish Insider via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoRep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), in an interview with Jewish Insider this week, condemned those in his...
Ritchie Torres, the only openly gay Black man in Congress, on how he fights GOP ‘bullying’ of LGBT+...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe New York Democrat talks with Eric Garcia about how he deals with homophobes in Congress, his...
NYC to receive 10% of federal monkeypox vaccine order despite high local case load
NY Daily News via AOL· 2 years agoNew York City will receive about 10% of a new batch of monkeypox vaccine doses secured by the...
New York, New Jersey leaders condemn Hamas attack in Israel
CBS News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNEW YORK -- Leaders in New York and New Jersey are reacting to the unprecedented Hamas attack in...
City Council races: GOP's Marmorato leads in Bronx; Brannan cruises in Brooklyn
Politico via Yahoo News· 6 months agoNEW YORK — Republicans in New York City appeared on the verge of picking up a Council seat in the East Bronx on Tuesday night, even as they fell short in another bitterly contested race in southern ...
Reps. Malliotakis, Torres introduce bipartisan bill blocking Mayor Adams’ Medicare Advantage switch...
NY Daily News via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoA bipartisan legislative push is afoot on Capitol Hill to prohibit all U.S. employers from forcing...
Fire safety precautions in N.Y. e-bike shops would be required under proposed bill
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoShops in New York State that peddle e-bikes would be required to implement enhanced fire safety...