Comptroller candidate Mark Levine nabbed the endorsement Wednesday of Democratic firebrand — and potential gubernatorial challenger — Rep. Ritchie Torres as the race for the open seat narrows to a two-man primary.

A new bill introduced on Wednesday by Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Bronx Democrat, would offer taxpayers a 20% credit for filtration systems that remove lead from drinking water. The filters, experts said, would serve as a temporary solution ahead of a deadline in 10 years for landlords to replace all lead pipes in the country carrying drinking water.

Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres has accused Gov. Kathy Hochul of bungling oversight of New York’s early intervention program for toddlers with developmental disabilities such as autism and Down syndrome. “New York has the single worst early intervention program in the nation,

The abysmal results reported in the national exam officially known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress came to light as New York school districts are spending a whopping $89

Yet Torres voted for the Laken Riley Act that includes undocumented migrants who are accused of nonviolent theft-based crimes — like shoplifting — as candidates for deportation. In March, he voted against last year’s version of the bill.

Council Member Althea Stevens, who also represents Highbridge, did not respond to request for comment but said on Instagram that “we must stand united and

The Bronx’s moderate congressman on Israel, immigration, Daniel Penny and the possibility of a primary challenge against Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to open a 2,200-bed shelter for migrant men in the South Bronx is being met with massive resistance from residents and elected

Rep. Ritchie Torres called out the Biden administration for failing to address practical issues that matter dearly to working-class Americans across the country.

October 8,' a documentary about the surge of antisemitism after the Hamas sneak attack on Israel, will be released theatrically on March 14, 2025.

Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres has accused Gov. Kathy Hochul of bungling oversight of New York’s early intervention program for toddlers with developmental disabilities such as autism and Down syndrome.

Maya Kornberg, a Jewish Democrat running to unseat far-left city councilmember Shahana Hanif, said ‘the City Council is not the State Department and is not going to solve a conflict by passing a resol