NYC Congressman Criticizes Leaders After Early Release of Serial Stabber

Rep. Ritchie Torres demands accountability for government failures that allowed a violent offender to kill three people after early release.

Ramon Rivera, a homeless man with a history of violent crime, is accused of fatally stabbing three individuals in Manhattan on November 18.
Rivera was released from custody four months early for 'good behavior,' despite a prior assault on a corrections officer while in custody.
Rep. Ritchie Torres criticized both New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams, calling their administrations complicit in the preventable killings.
Torres called for the firing of the Department of Correction officials responsible for Rivera's early release, citing systemic failures in criminal justice and mental health systems.
City and state officials, including Torres and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, are demanding investigations and policy changes to prevent similar tragedies in the future.