New York — 15th District

Ritchie Torres

Supports expanding public housing and infrastructure funding

Torres prioritizes public housing repairs and affordability across the Bronx, citing his personal background growing up in public housing. He advocates protecting NYCHA's public housing stock against federal budget cuts, securing free internet for low-income housing, and expanding federal infrastructure funding.

• Took on NYCHA to ensure public housing repairs are completed.
• Endorsed legislation ensuring low-income housing receives free internet access.
• Voted for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684).

“We must protect New York’s public housing stock in the face of federal budget cuts, and fight to deepen affordability for low-income residents.”

“took on [the New York City Housing Authority]'s fight to make sure our repairs get done ... he endorsed a bill that made sure low income housing received free Internet.”

Ritchie Torres

Supports targeted middle-class relief and social investment

Torres emphasizes helping Bronx families manage high costs of living through federal economic programs and tax relief. He supported key Democratic economic initiatives while opposing Republican budget reconciliation bills and spending cuts.

• Voted for the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (H.R. 5376) and American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (H.R. 1319).
• Voted for the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 (H.R. 7024).
• Voted against the 2025 budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1) and the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 (H.R. 2811).

“Every single day across the Bronx, families sit at their kitchen table struggling to make ends meet. How will they make rent in the most expensive city in America?”

Ritchie Torres

Supports expanding federal healthcare access and reproductive rights

Torres advocates for expanding quality healthcare, lowering prescription drug costs, and protecting abortion access nationwide. He also supported major legislation expanding healthcare access and presumptive service-connection benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances.

• Voted for the Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 (H.R. 3755) to prohibit governmental restrictions on abortion access.
• Voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, enabling Medicare drug price negotiations and extending ACA subsidies.
• Voted for the PACT Act of 2022 (S. 3373) to expand healthcare access for toxic-exposed veterans.

“I'm fighting for quality health care and housing, schools and jobs.”

Ritchie Torres

Supports legal pathways while backing selective enforcement laws

Torres supports legal pathways for unauthorized immigrants, including Dreamers and TPS recipients, while opposing broad Republican border restrictions. However, he voted in favor of the bipartisan Laken Riley Act to require mandatory detention of non-citizens arrested for certain theft offenses.

• Voted for the American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 (H.R. 6) to establish a pathway to legal residence.
• Voted for the Laken Riley Act (S. 5) requiring DHS to detain non-citizens arrested for burglary, theft, or shoplifting.
• Voted against the Secure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2) and the DUI deportation bill (H.R. 875).

“I'm standing up for immigrants, seniors, and youth.”

Ritchie Torres

Supports strict gun control and targeted criminal justice reforms

Torres focuses on community safety through gun violence prevention and addressing racial disparities in the criminal justice system. He advocates strict federal gun regulation, including restrictions on semiautomatic assault weapons.

• Voted for the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 (H.R. 1808).
• Identifies protecting Bronx neighborhoods from gun violence as a core campaign commitment.
• Supports criminal justice reform to protect rights of disproportionately targeted groups.

“I'm fighting everyday to protect our neighborhoods from gun violence and make the Bronx a safe, decent, affordable place to live.”

“We must also enact reform that protects the rights of those who are disproportionately targeted by the criminal justice system”

Ritchie Torres

Supports increased equity and funding for urban public schools

Torres prioritizes eliminating educational resource disparities for youth in urban public school districts. He advocates for increased funding and desegregation in public education while opposing conservative legislation restricting student participation in school sports by sex.

• Advocates reducing funding disparities and classroom segregation in urban public schools.
• Voted against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 (H.R. 28).

“Young people of color are forced to learn in disparately underfunded schools, and their classrooms are strikingly more segregated than their neighborhoods.”

Ritchie Torres

Supports voting rights expansion and federal transparency

Torres supports expanded voter access, campaign finance disclosure, and government transparency measures. He opposes Republican legislation requiring documentary proof of citizenship for federal election registration.

• Voted for the For the People Act of 2021 (H.R. 1) to expand voter registration and access.
• Voted against the SAVE Act (H.R. 22).
• Voted for the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405) and for the expulsion of Rep. George Santos (H.Res. 878).