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Ritchie Torres: “A lack of access to safe, decent, affordable housing can be a death sentence.”

On the recordApril 19, 2022
A lack of access to safe, decent, affordable housing can be a death sentence.
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Ritchie Torres
Democratic · New York

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Torres emphasizes the life-threatening consequences of inadequate housing.

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