Ritchie Torres

New York is the only state in the country that prohibits judges from considering the public safety risks of repeat violent offenders. You can only consider flight risks. And the question of whether judges should have the authority to consider public safety risk, if I were to present that question to the people of New York in the form of a referendum, it would be an 80-20 issue.

80% of New Yorkers would vote for it. Black, white, Latino, Asian. Is this a legislative? Legislation, yeah. It's going to take legislation, yeah. Yes. But the trouble with City Hall, Albany, and Washington, D.C., is that common sense has become dangerously uncommon.

80% of New Yorkers would vote for it. Black, white, Latino, Asian. Is this a legislative? Legislation, yeah. It's going to take legislation, yeah. Yes. But the trouble with City Hall, Albany, and Washington, D.C., is that common sense has become dangerously uncommon.

80% of New Yorkers would vote for it. Black, white, Latino, Asian. Is this a legislative? Legislation, yeah. It's going to take legislation, yeah. Yes. But the trouble with City Hall, Albany, and Washington, D.C., is that common sense has become dangerously uncommon.

And one of the criticisms that I have of my own party is that there are times when we're more responsive to special interest groups than we are to everyday people on the ground, particularly on issues of public safety. 100%.

And one of the criticisms that I have of my own party is that there are times when we're more responsive to special interest groups than we are to everyday people on the ground, particularly on issues of public safety. 100%.

And one of the criticisms that I have of my own party is that there are times when we're more responsive to special interest groups than we are to everyday people on the ground, particularly on issues of public safety. 100%.

I mean, if she becomes an effective governor, then certainly that could persuade me to.

I mean, if she becomes an effective governor, then certainly that could persuade me to.

I mean, if she becomes an effective governor, then certainly that could persuade me to.

Yeah, the Cuomo name meant something to some people, yeah. I'm aware of no one who's like a passionate champion of Kathy Hochul. She simply benefits... from the power of incumbency. But look, the broken system is deeper than one governor and it long predates the incumbent governor. In 2015, New York had a $142 billion budget. 2024, a $254 billion budget. I am not aware of a single New York,

Yeah, the Cuomo name meant something to some people, yeah. I'm aware of no one who's like a passionate champion of Kathy Hochul. She simply benefits... from the power of incumbency. But look, the broken system is deeper than one governor and it long predates the incumbent governor. In 2015, New York had a $142 billion budget. 2024, a $254 billion budget. I am not aware of a single New York,

Yeah, the Cuomo name meant something to some people, yeah. I'm aware of no one who's like a passionate champion of Kathy Hochul. She simply benefits... from the power of incumbency. But look, the broken system is deeper than one governor and it long predates the incumbent governor. In 2015, New York had a $142 billion budget. 2024, a $254 billion budget. I am not aware of a single New York,

who has seen a $110 billion improvement in the delivery of state services.

who has seen a $110 billion improvement in the delivery of state services.

who has seen a $110 billion improvement in the delivery of state services.

I feel like I transcend those. I feel like I transcend those categories.

I feel like I transcend those. I feel like I transcend those categories.

I feel like I transcend those. I feel like I transcend those categories.

My guy. Some would think of my advocacy for public safety as challenging from the right.