The lowest price of midgrade gas in cities throughout New York County was found at one gas station in the week ending May 20, according to GasBuddy.com.
U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (NY-15), as a member of the House Financial Services Committee, today questioned key federal financial regulators as part of a statutorily required hearing entitled “Oversight of Prudential Regulators”.
On May 17, 2023, on the 69th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerry Nadler (NY-12) and Education and Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) reintroduced the Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act, as part of House Democrats’ continued commitment to realizing the promise of Brown v. Board of Education, which remains unfulfilled.
On May 11, 2023, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and Rep. Jamaal Bowman, Ed.D (D-NY) reintroduced the Healthy Future Students and Earth Pilot Program Act.
Congressman George Santos (NY-03) introduced H. Con, Res 421, which expresses that the House of Representatives find that the Chinese Communist Party should be held accountable for present-day efforts of knowingly and intentionally manipulating their currency.
The migrant crisis at the southern border is having a profound impact on cities thousands of miles away. In New York City officials report that in the past year, the city has welcomed more than 60,000 asylum seeking migrants, more than 4,200 arrived just in the past week.
U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (NY-15) today issued the following statement on the criminal charges facing Daniel Penny in connection with the chokehold death of Jordan Neely aboard a New York City subway on May 1
On May 12, 2023 we convened New York’s bipartisan Congressional delegation to discuss the end of Title 42 and the asylum seekers arriving in New York City.