U.S. Representatives Ritchie Torres (NY-15) and Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) introduced a legislative package containing two bills, the Building Collapse Prevention Act and the LIHTC Landlord Accountability Act, and a letter to Commissioner Jimmy Oddo of the NYC Department of Buildings.

U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (NY-15), Jenniffer González-Colón (PR), and Darren Soto (FL-09) sent a letter to FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell with concerns about FEMA’s current plans to remove the temporary power generation units in Puerto Rico.

This bill would require financial institutions to collect data on LGBTQI+-owned businesses’ access to credit and capital, and amend part of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, which requires financial institutions to collect data on credit applications submitted by minority- and women-owned small businesses.

U.S. Rep. Torres's bill the “Uyghur Genocide Intelligence Review Act”, passed the House of Representatives in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2024 (NDAA). This bill would require the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to submit to Congress an annual report related to the ongoing and brutal genocide of more than one million Uyghurs – a Muslim ethnic minority group in the People’s Republic of China’s Xinjiang region.

U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (NY-15) held an event with Fordham University to celebrate the announcement that Fordham has won the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Thriving Community Grantmaking program and will be receiving $50 million in federal funds, thanks to a program from the Inflation Reduction Act. 

U.S. Rep. Torres joins elected officials and community leaders in celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Estella B. Diggs Democratic Club. 

U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres held a town hall with state and local elected leaders in Concourse Village to hear directly from our constituents about important issues facing the Bronx.

U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres awarded $800,000 in Community Project Funding to New York Sun Works, a local nonprofit dedicated to integrating the science of sustainability and climate education into K-12 urban schools.

U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres joined community leaders in distributing food to residents of the Highbridge community.

In Bedford Park, U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres celebrated the grand opening of 2850 Webster Avenue -- a new and energy-efficient 12-story, 188-unit affordable housing development for seniors, which includes a grocery store, social services on site, and access to nearby green space.

U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres successfully led a coalition of community and environmental groups to defeat the proposed temporary 34,000 seat cricket stadium on the Parade Ground of Van Cortlandt Park — a crown jewel of the Bronx and our city.