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Torres’ main opponent in the Democratic primary is Rubén Díaz Sr., a conservative Democrat and Pentecostal minister, who does not believe in, and openly stood in opposition to, same-sex marriage. Media outlets have contextualized the contest between the two noting their: age difference; contrasting levels of experience; and Torres being openly gay held in tension to Díaz’s track record of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. Torres said he sees Díaz as “temperamentally and ideologically indistinguishable” from Donald Trump. According to The New York Times, Díaz has “a decades-long history of making homophobic remarks”; LGBTQ Nation noted his anti-LGBTQ rhetoric started in the early 1990s right after his start in city politics when he claimed the city’s hosting the 1994 Gay Games “would spread AIDS and corrupt children”. In February 2019, Díaz stated that the City Council was “controlled by homosexuals”; in response the council dissolved a subcommittee he chaired. The primary will take place in June, 2020. As of July 2019, Torres has raised $500,000, while Díaz has raised $80,000. Torres is endorsed by the LGBTQ Victory Fund, and Congressional LGBTQ Equality Caucus (Equality PAC).
In July 2019, the City Council considered how to address the city’s taxicab industry with the National Taxi Workers’ Alliance’s concerns that the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission knowingly sold medallions at inflated prices bringing in $1 billion in revenue to city government, while saddling “thousands of drivers with impossible debt loads” leading to suicides.
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In April 2019, Torres worked on legislation aimed to compel companies that employ gig workers to be transparent if the worker’s tips are diverted to pay base salary. Mobile app delivery companies, like DoorDash—which has freelance workers pickup and deliver meals from restaurants—Amazon’s Prime Now, and Instacart, usually allow customers to add a gratuity, but the companies were counting the tips toward regular payment. Torres characterized the practice as exploiting “an underclass of independent contractors”, and hopes City Council can ban the practice altogether. Vox noted the gig economy is in need of regulation for the estimated fifty-seven million workers (in the U.S.) who have little protection, and few if any benefits. Torres’ bill would compel these companies to be transparent about the practice “by explicitly stating it in their terms of service or by sending a notification as a transaction is being approved”.
What is Ritchie Torres ethnicity?
Torres is Afro-Latino; his father is from Puerto Rico and his mother is African-American. He was raised by his mother in Throggs Neck Houses, a public housing project in the Throggs Neck neighborhood of the East Bronx, where he was frequently hospitalized for asthma as a result of the mold growing in their apartment.
Where did Ritchie Torres go to college?
New York University
Where is Rep Torres from?
Torres immigrated to the United States from Guatemala at age five and is a longtime resident of the Inland Empire. She resides in Pomona with her husband Louis, and their two sons Robert and Matthew. Her third son, Christopher, is an Air Force veteran.
What political party is Ritchie Torres?
Democratic Party
What district is the Bronx?
New York’s 14th District represents more than 650,000 people across parts of the Bronx and Queens.
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