The New York City offices of at least three U.S. Congress members were sent white powder in the mail on Friday, cops said.
Six people were exposed after an envelope was opened inside Rep. Ritchie Torres’s E. Fordham Rd. office near Lorillard Place in the Bronx around 1 p.m., police said.
An NYPD Emergency Service Unit responded and declared the substance non-hazardous.
Torres said the FDNY and FBI also responded to the threat.
“We are living in a time when threats against elected officials and their staff have become the new normal,” Torres said in a statement on X. “Although my team is understandably shaken by the incident, we will not be deterred from serving the people of NY-15 in the Bronx.
In Queens, two people were exposed to a white powder sent by mail to Rep. Tom Suozzi’s office on Northern Blvd. near Douglaston Parkway around 4:05 p.m., according to police.
And in Brooklyn, another two people were exposed to white powder at House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ office on Neptune Ave. near Ocean Parkway around 4:45 p.m., cops said.
ESU responded in both cases. It was not immediately clear if the substances were hazardous, but there were no injuries in either incident.
The suspicious envelopes were received the day after federal investigators told CBS News that seven Democratic senators’ offices and one Congress member’s office were sent similar letters, including some that contained unknown substances. At least two GOP senators also were sent letters on Friday, CBS reported.
Most of the envelopes were intercepted before they were delivered. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s offices were among those targeted — with a letter making it to the latter’s office.