Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres has accused Gov. Kathy Hochul of bungling oversight of New York’s early intervention program for toddlers with developmental disabilities such as autism and Down syndrome.

“New York has the single worst early intervention program in the nation, ranking 50 out of 50,” Torres said in a letter sent Sunday to Hochul. “The time has come for you to end your dubious distinction of presiding over America’s worst early intervention program.”

His criticism of the early childhood program is just his latest broadside against Hochul, who Torres is considering challenging in the 2026 Democratic primary for governor.

There are 10,000 kids with disabilities on the waiting list for early intervention in the state, a 500% increase since 2020, Torres said.

And early intervention providers — who include physical and speech therapists among other specialists — are missing payments for their work, hamstringing the program that’s already suffering from a backlog of patients, according to the Democratic congressman.

The early intervention program went off the rails last year, when a state Health Department contractor, Massachusetts-based Public Consulting Group, launched a new software system for therapists to manage cases and bill for their services.

The transition to the software system has been a glitch-prone and delay-stricken disaster, according to a North Country Radio investigation last month.

Half of New York’s therapists who provide early intervention services are not getting their full paychecks, according to an industry survey, Albany-based therapist Lacie Schweigart told The Post.

Providers have to click 25 times to fill out a form for reimbursement, said Tracy Harris, a 30-year speech therapist who has run her own business, Building Blocks in upstate Watertown, for the last 20.

“I can’t take on any new clients. They’d end up on a waiting list,” Harris said.

“The program is the worst it’s ever been.”

The two therapists said they sent letters to all New York congress members for help and Torres, who represents The Bronx, responded and spoke with them via a Zoom meeting.

“We’re so happy he’s gotten involved,” Harris told The Post.

Torres said the mismanagement of a program for the most vulnerable toddlers is outrageous and unacceptable.

“Even though the broken system of early intervention long predates your time in office, you have broken the broken system to an extent not seen before, plunging the nation’s worst EIP into a state of complete chaos, confusion, and crisis,” Torres fumed in his note to Hochul.

“There are families whose disabled children have not gotten federally mandated services. There are working-class providers who have not gotten paid.”

He also cited an audit conducted by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli in 2023 about delays in services for many toddlers — before the software snafu.

Torres urged Hochul to “radically reduce the workforce shortages and waiting lists that have gotten worse under your watch; to stabilize working-class EI providers with an 11% reimbursement rate increase; and to stabilize cash-strapped counties with their fair share of revenues.”

A state Health Department spokesperson, responding on behalf of Hochul said, the software glitches have been addressed.

“New York State’s first priority is to ensure that the 70,000 children served by the early intervention program continue to receive the health care and resources they need,” the spokesperson said in a statement to The Post. “Since its launch on October 15, technical issues with the EI-Hub have been addressed and providers are being reimbursed in a timely manner.

“The Department will continue to work with our vendor to offer provider training and make further improvements to increase efficiency of the system.”

The department noted a 5 percent increase in pay for operators was approved, though providers complained they have yet to see it, and that the contractor, Public Consulting Group, won’t get paid until the software work is completed.

Public Consulting Group had no immediate comment.