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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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Another Subway Push In Bronx

Subway Psycho Pushes Man onto Tracks as Train Bears Down

Police are looking for this man in connection with an unprovoked attack on a Number 6 subway platform. 


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

October 16, 2022


BRONX - A Bronx man was shoved off a subway platform and onto the tracks below in yet another unprovoked attack in the subway.





At around. 11:50 am on October 15, a man was on the subway platform of the northbound Number 6 train at the 149th Street and Southern Boulevard station.


A man went up to the straphanger and pushed him off the platform and to the tracks below as the train pulled into the station. 


The attacker fled the station.




The train just missed the victim. Fellow straphangers helped the victim climb back onto the platform.


The victim suffered only minor injuries and was taken to Jacobi Medical Center.

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The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect who is described as a male with a medium complexion, large black hair, facial hair and a medium build. He was last seen wearing a black winter jacket, camouflage pants and camouflage sandals.


Anyone with information should call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls remain confidential.





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