{"id":376507,"date":"2026-10-18T23:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T23:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/376507\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T23:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T23:24:13","slug":"suspicious-substance-sent-to-ritchie-torres-office-deemed-non-hazardous-officials-say-the-riverdale-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/376507\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Suspicious substance’ sent to Ritchie Torres’ office, deemed non-hazardous, officials say | The Riverdale Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\tPosted<\/p>\n

\t\t\tSunday,
\n\t\t\tOctober 18, 2026
\n\t\t\t2:07 pm<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Rep.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRep. Ritchie Torres has served as a congressman since 2021, and has represented Riverdale since 2023 after redistricting.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGary Jean-Juste\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Staff Report<\/p>\n

A “suspicious substance” was received in an envelope at U.S. Rep.\u00a0 Ritchie Torres’ congressional office Friday, the official shared online.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The New York City Fire Department tested the substance and found it to be non-hazardous, Torres said in a post on X<\/a>.\u00a0 The New York City Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation were notified of the incident in addition to FDNY,\u00a0 and the envelope was turned over to the FBI, Torres said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We are living in a time when threats against elected officials and their staff have become the new normal,” Torres said in the post. “Although my team is understandably shaken by the incident, we will not be deterred from serving the people of NY-15 in the Bronx.”<\/p>\n

This is a developing story.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\tKeywords<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tU.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres,\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t suspicious substance,\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t mail,\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t politics,\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t Bronx politicians\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 2:07 pm Rep. Ritchie Torres has served as a congressman since 2021, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,138508,8160,9,24,63,87,138507,129,131,130,138506],"class_list":["post-376507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-bronx-politicians","tag-mail","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-politics","tag-suspicious-substance","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-u-s-rep-ritchie-torres"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376507","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=376507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}