I'm fighting everyday to protect our neighborhoods from gun violence and make the Bronx a safe, decent, affordable place to live.
Protect neighborhoods from gun violence and make the Bronx safe, decent, and affordable.
Occurrences
I'm fighting everyday to protect our neighborhoods from gun violence and make the Bronx a safe, decent, affordable place to live.
Evidence
"I'll fight everyday to protect our neighborhoods from gun violence and make the Bronx a safe, decent, affordable place to live."
Action: Mr. Torres of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Short title: Angellyh Yambo Gun Free Zone Expansion Act of 2023.
Action: Mr. Torres of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Full title: To direct the Attorney General to conduct a study on the efficacy of extreme risk protection orders on reducing gun violence.
The funding will support investments in public safety, housing infrastructure, education, environmental protection, youth development, digital access, and community health. Items include $850,000 to replace outdated fire alarm systems at Gun Hill Houses and $850,000 to modernize fire detection systems at Parkside Houses.
Congressman Ritchie Torres’s bipartisan Helping More Families Save Act passed the House as part of the Housing for the 21st Century Act, a package to address the nation's housing affordability crisis.
Congressman Ritchie Torres joined leaders to announce $350,000 in new federal funding secured by the Congressman for a hospital-based youth violence prevention program at Lincoln Hospital.
Congressman Ritchie Torres announced $2,000,000 in federal Community Project Funding secured by Rep. Torres to expand broadband connectivity for low-income Bronx residents and help close the digital divide. The post says the investment will bring high-speed broadband to more than 2,000 units across dozens of buildings in the South Bronx.
Torres sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General urging a formal investigation into violent ICE incidents in the Bronx, describing them as deeply troubling and raising urgent questions about public safety and accountability in the neighborhood.
Today, Congressman Ritchie Torres sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General urging a formal investigation into two violent ICE incidents in the Norwood section of the Bronx. The post says the incidents raised urgent questions about public safety and accountability in the neighborhood.
Torres announced $2,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2026 Community Project Funding to expand broadband connectivity for low-income Bronx residents and help close the digital divide.
Assessments
The promise is broad: reducing gun violence and making the Bronx safe, decent, and affordable. Torres has taken and secured several same-term actions aligned with it, including federal funding for youth violence prevention, public-safety and housing infrastructure projects, broadband access for low-income housing, and introduced gun-violence legislation. However, the evidence does not show the full promised outcome was delivered at scale: the gun bills cited were introduced or advanced but not enacted, and the funding/actions address parts of the pledge rather than establishing that Bronx neighborhoods were protected from gun violence or made broadly safe, decent, and affordable. This warrants partial credit with an effort badge.
Torres has materially advanced parts of the promise during his federal House tenure: securing Bronx-focused federal funding for youth violence prevention, safer public housing infrastructure, broadband access for low-income residents, and advancing housing-affordability legislation through the House. He also introduced gun-violence prevention bills and took public-safety oversight actions. However, the promise is broad and outcome-based, requiring Bronx neighborhoods to be protected from gun violence and made safe, decent, and affordable. The evidence shows meaningful same-term efforts and partial policy/funding wins, but not completion of the full safety and affordability outcome.
Torres took concrete same-term actions aligned with the pledge, including securing Bronx-focused public safety and housing funds, obtaining $350,000 for a youth violence prevention program, introducing gun-violence prevention bills, and advancing a housing-affordability measure through the House. However, the broad promised outcome of protecting neighborhoods from gun violence and making the Bronx safe, decent, and affordable was not fully delivered; the record shows meaningful targeted progress rather than completion.