It's painful to see people you love who are the leaders of your family, the strong matriarchs of your family, struggle in their final years and become shadows of their former selves. And it's part of the reason I feel… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
Ranked choice voting isn't a silver bullet that will turn our politics into some Platonic ideal. We still might not love the candidates we get and the choices we have to make. It won't drain all the polarization and toxicity… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
My younger self could not imagine standing on the floor of Congress as a member of Congress voting on legislation that, if enacted, would… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
I am both black and Latino - there's no need to artificially barricade one from the other. — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
Exercising dominion over Puerto Rico, as the U.S. has done for more than a century - without granting Puerto Ricans the full franchise in… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
Racial identity is chosen and given. It is as much a product of the world's perception of you as it is of your own… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
I lived in public housing and had to struggle with depression and substance abuse. — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
With a multi-billion dollar market capitalization, crypto is here to stay. It's not going anywhere. — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
I spent almost all my life in poverty, raised by a single mother who had to raise three children on minimum wage, which in… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
I'm grateful for the blessing and burden of public service; I promised my constituents that I would work my heart out for them. — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
I take an expansive view of infrastructure. For me, infrastructure is more than roads and bridges. It's about the quality of the water we… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
New York City should and must embrace crypto if it is to remain the financial capital of the world. We no longer live in… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
