Rep. Ritchie Torres had been one of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s harshest critics.

In November, the Democrat from the South Bronx called Hochul the biggest hypocrite in New York politics . In December, he criticized her for “gaslighting” New Yorkers . In February, he called her an “accidental governor.”

And at a rally Monday in his South Bronx district, Torres said he had it all wrong.

“ Governor, I want you to know we stand with you,” he said from the lectern as Hochul watched from the front row. “The Bronx stands with Gov. Hochul. Gov. Hochul stands with the Bronx.”

Hochul and Torres made a point of exchanging niceties Monday at Lincoln Hospital, where the Democrats headlined a rally against federal health care cuts included in the wide-ranging tax-and-spending bill President Do

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