My highest priority is to put my constituents back to work. In the South Bronx the unemployment rate is 25 percent, which is comparable to the joblessness of the Great Depression. We`ve seen a catastrophic loss of income.
Ritchie Torres discusses the high unemployment rate in the South Bronx and his priority to create jobs through an infrastructure package.
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