I had a wonderful time distributing gifts to seniors in the Northeast Bronx.

I had the honor of attending a holiday party hosted by Assembly Member George Alvarez. No one can throw a party and fill a room like George. Overwhelming turnout.

The Christian right’s deification of Donald Trump amounts to idolatry. Trump’s malignantly narcissistic response to the murder of Rob Reiner reveals a deeply demonic figure: one callously indifferent to any life but his own, the antithesis of a true Christian.

Lillian Bonsignore is a 31-year veteran of the FDNY. The far right never lets facts get in the way of their narrative.

I joined Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on a delegation to Jamaica, which is struggling to recover from the worst hurricane in its history. As the Congressman representing Little Jamaica in the Bronx, I felt a profound obligation to do my part in supporting our brothers and sisters on the island.

Proud to partner with the Board of Lind-Ric Apartments on a toy distribution in Pelham Parkway.

Public safety is not about numbers. It is about people. 1000 fewer shooting victims means 1000 fewer families scarred for life by the terror and trauma of gun violence. Kudos to the NYPD for a job well done. New York is safer for it.

Proud to host a holiday party celebrating community leaders from every corner of the Bronx.

Proud to partner with Assembly Member Chantel Jackson to bring the Christmas experience to the South Bronx.

When we speak of affordable housing, there is a simple question that comes to mind: affordable for whom? When it comes to the lowest-income Americans, the US has a housing gap of over 7 million units.

Proud to partner with Assembly Member Chantel Jackson to bring the Christmas experience to the South Bronx.

According to the National Association of Realtors, the United States has a housing shortage of over 5 million units.

Proud to distribute Christmas gifts to the families of Gun Hill Houses in the Northeast Bronx.

The scale of the need for affordable housing cannot be overstated. When the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) reopened the Section 8 waiting list—for the first time in 15 years—a staggering 600,000 New Yorkers rushed to apply.

I had a wonderful time hosting a Christmas party for the seniors of Concourse Village in the South Bronx. I am admittedly far better at serving food than at cooking it.

I had a wonderful time hosting a Christmas party for the seniors of Concourse Village in the South Bronx.

In the Bronx, the East Clark Place Senior Residence received a staggering 26,000 applications for just 84 units—a ratio of 300 to 1. When 300 families are left desperately chasing after a single unit, that is not a housing market. That is a humanitarian crisis.

At least eleven Jews were murdered in an antisemitic terrorist attack against the Jewish community in Australia on the first night of Hanukkah. Terror and violence against Jews are part of a global surge in antisemitism fueled by an ever-escalating campaign of demonization and dehumanization.

From 2010 to 2020, 1/5 of the young Black population disappeared from the NYC census count. The affordability crisis is causing mass displacement.

I am joining a broad coalition of Bronx-based environmental justice advocates in calling on the NYS Department of Transportation to allow the public enough time to respond to a 6,000 page environmental assessment regarding the Cross Bronx Expressway.

Donald Trump has ordered the DOJ to prosecute political enemies. My question to the OCC: If the President ordered you to weaponize finance against his political enemies, would you tell him ‘no’?

I am introducing legislation that reverses Donald Trump’s hideous decision to discriminate against Juneteenth and MLK Day.

At a time when the Trump Administration is waging war on the independence of regulatory agencies, I had a simple question for each bank regulator: Do you view your regulatory agency as independent of the President? Or a creature of the President?

Private credit, banking, insurance, and multi-trillion dollar AI CAPEX are becoming increasingly interconnected. My question to the Federal Reserve: To what extent do these entanglements represent a potential source of systemic risk?

I am introducing legislation directing the Coast Guard to categorically prohibit the display of hate symbols—such as swastikas and nooses—on any Coast Guard property or vessel.

Proud to receive the Public Policy Award from the National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA). America has a moral obligation to ensure that every older adult has the ability to age with dignity.

Proud to join Community Board 1, Community School District 7, the Mitchel Houses Tenants Association, and Catholic Charities in distributing warm meals to families affected by the building collapse.

Team Torres is proud to deliver Thanksgiving turkeys to thousands of Bronx families. In moments like these, we show who we are: One Bronx — united, resilient, and Bronx Strong. Wishing you and your loved ones a Happy Thanksgiving!

Proud to partner with Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson and the Mitchel Houses Tenant Association to serve warm meals to families whose lives have been upended by the building collapse at Mitchel Houses.

Proud to partner with Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson and the Mitchel Houses Tenant Association to serve warm meals to families whose lives have been upended by the building collapse at Mitchel Houses.

Proud to partner with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, State Senator Jamaal Bailey, Council Member Kevin Riley, and Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, and the YMCA to distribute turkeys in the Northeast Bronx.

Proud to partner with State Senator Jamaal Bailey to distribute turkeys at the Rain Senior Center in Wakefield.

Proud to partner with Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, Council Member Althea Stevens, and Assembly Member Chantel Jackson to distribute turkeys in the South Bronx.

Team Torres distributed turkeys in the Northeast Bronx.

Proud to partner with Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, Assembly Member George Alvarez, and Council Member Oswald Feliz to distribute turkeys in the South Bronx.

Team Torres distributed turkeys in the Northeast Bronx.

Proud to partner with Assembly John Zaccaro to distribute turkeys at Pelham Parkway Houses in the Northeast Bronx.

Serving food to families in need at the United Christian Baptist Church in the Northeast Bronx.

Proud to partner with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, State Senator Jamaal Bailey, Council Member Kevin Riley, and Bronx BP Vanessa Gibson to hold a relief drive in support of Jamaica. For the Bronx, Jamaica is not only an ally of the US. It’s family.

I held a meeting with Bronx seniors regarding the need to protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

The so-called deal is a fundamental failure. It fails to prevent 24 million Americans from seeing their premiums more than double. It fails to prevent 4 million Americans from losing their healthcare altogether. It fails to prevent hospitals in America from losing $30 billion in funding.

Why would any Democrat surrender unconditionally to Donald Trump after overwhelming Democratic victories in New Jersey and Virginia? Instead of bailing out Trump politically, we should hold him accountable.

For Donald Trump, starving 42 million Americans of food is not a tragedy but a strategy. The refusal to fully fund SNAP makes a mockery of the very Christian values that Trump pretends to espouse.

Democrats will win back the House in 2026 on the strength of one powerful message: affordability. The 2025 elections — the pre-midterms — were a resounding rejection of Donald Trump’s failing presidency, which has crippled working families and small businesses with ever-higher costs.

Donald Trump is a bully. If you allow yourself to be bullied, then you will continue to be bullied. The strongest response to a bully like Donald Trump is to stand up to him, rather than surrender unconditionally.

For Donald Trump, starving 42 million Americans of food is not a tragedy but a strategy. The refusal to fully fund SNAP makes a mockery of the very Christian values that Trump pretends to espouse.

A mayoral commitment to fixing New York City’s broken property tax system is long overdue. Property tax reform would create a fairer redistribution of wealth to the benefit of the Bronx, where both renters and homeowners bear far higher effective tax burdens despite far lower property values.

If I could vote against the raw deal twice, I would. A “deal” that requires Republicans to concede nothing and Democrats to concede everything is not a deal. It is an unconditional surrender. That is not a negotiation. It’s a complete capitulation.

The agreement between Senate Republicans and a few Democratic defectors is a raw deal for 24 million American families who are about to see their health care premiums more than double.

The agreement between Senate Republicans and a few Democratic defectors represents a raw deal, one that dooms working families to a massive health care premium shock. Unconditional surrender to Donald Trump is not only bad policy—it’s bad politics.