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Bronx News: Who’s Banking on Big Bucks from Casinos? New York’s Transit System

  The MTA is projecting billions in revenue from proposed NYC-based gaming halls, which are poised to win up to three licenses later this year. This article originally appeared in The City. By Jose Martinez and Lauren Hartley Bronx Voice October 23, 2025 BRONX NEWS - New York’s mass-transit system is banking on billions of dollars from the state’s bet to bring full-scale casinos to the city. With three gaming-palace proposals still on the table — two in Queens and one in The Bronx — the MTA is counting on close to $2 billion through 2029 just from casino-licensing fees earmarked for the transportation authority’s annual operating budget. Billions more could come from tax revenue, depending on how licenses are awarded.  “More service, better service, no layoffs,” Janno Lieber , MTA chairperson and chief executive, said Oct. 10 in response to a question from THE CITY about the potential impact of casinos on the transit system. “That’s what we accomplished thank...
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2 More Teens Busted in Fatal Pelham Bay Stabbing

 
Police arrested four teens in the fatal stabbing of Prince McMichael in Pelham Bay.

 



By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

September 27, 2022 


BRONX - Two more suspects have been arrested in the vicious stabbing of a man at the Pelham Bay station. Police say they have all four suspects who fatally stabbed Prince McMichael across from Pelham Bay Park.  




Cops arrested Andrew Tarafa, 18, and Nashid Monrose, 18, in the September 16th stabbing of 27-year-old Prince McMichael. Tarafa and Monrose were charged with manslaughter and two counts of gang assault.




Last week cops arrested Angel Rivera, 19, and another unidentified 16-year-old male in the brutal stabbing across from Pelham Bay Park. Rivera was charged with murder, manslaughter, three counts of assault and two counts of gang assault. The unidentified minor was charged with manslaughter and two counts of gang assault. 


Police released the photos of four teens wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of McMichael from Co-op City who was repeatedly stabbed outside a building at of Bruckner Boulevard and Wilkinson Avenue. 




Cops say the victim had gotten into an arguement with the suspects in front of the building at the Pelham Bay station. The group then repeatedly stabbed him. McMichael was pronounced dead at Jacobi Medical Center. 


The NYPD released surveillance video of the four suspects taken from inside an MTA bus.


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