Pro-Israel NYC Rep. Ritchie Torres dominated far-left primary challenger as residents declare: DSA dont live in neighborhoods like ours

Not like us.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 bill to pay another, roaches crawling all over your apartment like they own the place,” he said, shaking his head.

“They don’t live in neighborhoods like ours,” he added.“They don’t have our worries, so they can vote on what is going on in the Middle East and not on real issues affecting real people in our neighborhoods.”The far-left red sweep by Mamdani’s DSA allies Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez, along with avowed progressive Brad Lander, clinched the mayor’s status as a lefty kingmaker and his potential takeover of the Democratic Party.But moderate Dems, including House Minority Speaker Hakeem Jeffries, argued chatter about the DSA’s party takeover was overblown — and pointed at Torres’ success in The Boogie Down during Tuesday’s primaries.Jeffries pointed out during an MS NOW interview that many districts won by Mamdani’s crew tended to be higher-income, with an outsized focus on issues connected to the Middle East.“Ritchie Torres was running against somebod...