Torres calls on City Hall to fund Harlem River Environmental Restoration Project

U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres warned City Hall on Monday that a critical environmental study aimed at restoring the Harlem River is at risk of losing federal funding unless the city steps up.In a letter to Mayor Eric Adams and Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Rohit T. Aggarwala, Torres said the city must commit $500,000 to match a federal allocation already secured by Congress. The $1 million study would mark a key first step in efforts to clean the heavily polluted waterway that s