Rep. Ritchie Torres is seeking reelection in New York\u2019s 15th Congressional District, telling News 12 his campaign is focused on addressing affordability and supporting working families across the Bronx.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m Ritchie Torres and I\u2019m the son of the Bronx,\u201d Torres said.<\/p>\n
From growing up in the Throggs Neck Houses to serving in Congress, Torres said his personal journey has shaped his commitment to public service.<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing has been handed to me on a silver platter. I\u2019ve had to fight for everything in my life and fighting for the Bronx has been the greatest mission in my life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Torres said many of the voters he speaks with are struggling to make ends meet as the cost of living continues to rise.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have constituents who, after paying all their bills, are living on $20 a day. The notion of cutting health care and food that, to me, is a profound betrayal of working families,\u201d Torres said.<\/p>\n
The congressman said one of the accomplishments he is most proud of is helping advocate for an expansion of the Child Tax Credit during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you lift a child out of poverty, you\u2019re changing the trajectory of the child\u2019s life forever,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
As voters prepare to cast their ballots, Torres said he hopes Bronx residents remember where he came from and who he is fighting for.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m one of you, and that, I\u2019m gonna fight for you, because the Bronx is my home. Always has been and always will be,\u201d Torres said.<\/p>\n
Early voting begins June 13, and Election Day is June 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rep. Ritchie Torres is seeking reelection in New York\u2019s 15th Congressional District, telling News 12 his campaign is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-265241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}