Skip to main content

Featured

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...

Subway Cleaner Assault Suspect Charged

MTA Worker Trying to Help Straphanger Assaulted at Pelham Bay Station

Subway cleaner Anthony Nelson suffered a broken arm and nose during an assault at Pelham Bay Station. -Photo by TWU Local 100


BRONX - The man accused of sending a hero subway cleaner to the hospital with broken bones was charged with assault, prosecutors say.


Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced that a Alexander Wright, 49, has been indicted for second-degree Assault and additional charges for attacking an NYC Transit Authority employee in the Pelham Bay Park train station, slamming him to the ground causing broken bones.

 

“This employee was doing his job of cleaning and checking on conditions at the Pelham Bay Park train station, when he went to observe a man whom he was told was harassing people. The defendant approached the employee and assaulted him, causing serious injuries,” Clark said. “This was unconscionable. Anyone who assaults a transit worker will be held accountable.”

Alexander Wright has been charged with assaulting an MTA employee at the Pelham Bay Station.
 

Clark said the defendant, Wright was arraigned on two counts of second-degree Assault and third-degree Assault before Bronx Supreme Court Justice George Villegas. Bail status was continued. 


The defendant is due back in court on November 3, 2022.

         

According to the investigation, at approximately 8:40 a.m. on August 11, 2022, the victim, Anthony Nelson, a NYC Transit Authority Station Cleaner, went to check a report of a man harassing people on the lower level of the Pelham Bay Park train station. 


The defendant allegedly approached Nelson, punching him in the face, then allegedly grabbed him and slammed him to the ground. 


The victim suffered a dislocated nose, broken collarbone, and other injuries, and required two surgeries to fix the collar bone.

 

An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.

Comments

Popular Posts