Democratic Rep. Richie Torres, D-Bronx, over the weekend accused New York leaders of failing to reform criminal justice, allowing a “murderous rampage” in broad daylight last week that resulted in the death of three innocent people at the hands of the perpetrator. He accused people of being murdered. A violent and mentally ill man has been released early.
“The DOC bureaucrats [Department of Correction] “The person who authorized Ramon's early release should be fired,” Torres wrote in a blistering letter to Gov. Cathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams, both Democrats. “They cannot be entrusted with public safety. should no longer be employed by the people.” of New York. ”
He added that “multiple government failures” enabled Ramon Rivera, an eight-degree offender who was recently transferred to Bellevue Hospital's psychiatric ward, where he attacked a correctional officer.
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Ramon Rivera, 51, who was charged with three stabbing murders, will be released from the NYPD's 10th Precinct on Monday, November 18, 2024. (Sam Costanza for New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Police arrested a 51-year-old homeless man last week on suspicion of killing three people with a knife in separate stabbings in Manhattan on November 18th.
We live in cities and states where it seems like only crime victims and their loved ones are affected. That's enough.
Torres said Rivera was not even punished after the city's DOC released him from custody four months early for “good behavior” despite the Bellevue assault. He accused him of being the “worst criminal” in the incident.
Congressman Ritchie Torres speaks during a joint press conference with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in front of 333 E. 181st Street in the Bronx on January 17, 2022. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Suspect arrested in New York City 'unauthorized' stabbing, 3 dead: police
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“These tragedies are preventable, but neither the city nor the state seem to have the political will to do so, even though they have the tools to do so,” Torres wrote. “The state refuses to give mayors the legal powers they need to prevent dangerous people from roaming the streets. Refusal to hold DOC accountable. The result is incompetence.'' It's not only destructive, it's deadly for New Yorkers. ”
Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during a press conference on September 13, 2023 in New York City. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)
At a press conference last week, Adams also held Hochul partly responsible for the stabbing and called for the Albany Police Department to have more authority to “house people in facilities.”
Homelessness, mental illness, and violent recidivism each continue to plague New York City.
Last week, two tourists were stabbed in random attacks, including a 55-year-old man from Denmark who was stabbed with a knife on the Upper West Side and a 42-year-old Italian whose hand was slashed. . Police have arrested a 25-year-old Manhattan man, who was handed over to his mother, on suspicion of the first assault, and are searching for the woman in connection with the second assault, police said. FOX5 New York.
Suspect arrested in New York City 'unauthorized' stabbing, 3 dead: police
The stabbing occurred while Daniel Penny, a 26-year-old retired city architecture student, was on trial for strangling another homeless man, Jordan Neely, to death. Neely was grabbed and killed by Penny as she screamed and made death threats. subway car.
The defense ended the case Friday by revealing that a warrant had been issued for Neely's arrest the day he died.
Mayor Eric Adams speaks to reporters after a press conference on September 30, 2024 in New York City. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Torres has a history of moderate positions, opposing the party's left-wing supporters of pro-Hamas protesters, crime-reducing policies and other “ivory nonsense.” He argued that it would cost Democrats on election day.
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Last week, he taunted Hochul as the “new Joe Biden” and urged her to stay out of the way if Democrats want to maintain their grip on power in the Empire State.
“She may be denying the depth of her vulnerability as a Democratic candidate,” he wrote to X. “Democratic incumbents who are less popular than Donald Trump in New York are at serious risk of losing to Republicans in 2026.”
