Pro-Israel Rep. Ritchie Torres weathered far-left NYC primary wave – as his constituents say DSA ‘don’t live in neighborhoods like ours’
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Bronx residents repped by Rep. Ritchie Torres — a pro-Israel moderate Democrat who trounced a progressive challenger this week — said a “whole ocean” separates them from the far-left wave that swept crunchy Big Apple neighborhoods.
While three Mayor Zohran Mamdani-backed lefties prevailed over establishment Dems in areas including swanky Manhattan and Brooklyn neighborhoods, Torres dominated his foe Michael Blake in the 15th House District covering the working-class south and west Bronx.
A slew of Torres’ constituents told The Post that the lefties’ mix of Israel-bashing and Democratic Socialists of America ideological box-checking wouldn’t fly on their turf.
“When you think of Park Slope and Greenwich Village and who lives there compared to us here, the Bronx, there is a whole ocean separating us,” said Carlos M., 38, a dad of two who works in sales.
“They don’t have to think about not having enough money to pay the rent, skipping one b…