After Mamdani’s Bronx landslide, NY-15 candidates turn to grassroots strategies to unseat Ritchie Torres

Dusk fell over Yankee Stadium and crowds of people rushed to the subway, past the McDonald’s where Arturo Alicea stood. The Bronx resident shook his head when asked if he knew Congressman Ritchie Torres.

“They always talking about they from the neighborhoods, but you never know who they are,” Alicea said.