Congressman Ritchie Torres to President Trump: Stop Defunding New York

This morning, Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15) hosted a press conference at his Bronx office calling out President Trump’s attacks on New York’s federal funding. Rep. Torres was joined by providers and recipients of federal funding that is now at risk, including Anderson Torres, CEO of R.A.I.N., Inc. and Robert Cordero, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Grand St. Settlement. Videos of this morning’s press conference be viewed here.

R.A.I.N., Inc. is a multi-social service agency offering a myriad of services with a focus on the provision of continuum of care that includes a range of services for seniors and people with disabilities. R.A.I.N. has twelve Bronx based and one Manhattan based full-service neighborhood senior centers, home-delivered meals to homebound elderly, transportation services, assistance with benefits and entitlements, case management and elder abuse services, and Cucina Dolores, a community-based mobile meals program for homeless and hungry persons in the South Bronx in collaboration with the Bob and Dolores Hope Foundation.

Grand St. Settlement was founded in 1916 by Rose Gruening to serve the immigrant and low-income residents of Lower Manhattan. Over the next century, Grand Street expanded throughout the Lower East Side, Brooklyn, and the Bronx focused on supporting neighbors locally. Grand Street is a leader in programming for families with high-quality early education and childcare, safety net support and access to benefits, hands-on afterschool and summer learning, and a vibrant and supportive community for local seniors.