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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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NYPD Re-Releases Homicide Video of Gunman Firing into Parked Car

A gunman opened fire into a parked car on Beach Avenue in 2020. Cops are hoping new information can help them crack this cold case.


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

October 11, 2022 


BRONX - Investigators have re-released video from a fatal shooting in a two-year-old cold case in the Bronx in the hopes new tipsters will come forward. 





The NYPD released the video which shows a gunman firing point blank into a parked car on Beach Avenue in 2020. Anthony Martin, 27, was gunned down in the car.





At around 8 pm on August 15, 2020, Martin was sitting inside a sedan parked int front of 710 Beach Avenue in Soundview. Video from a nearby apartment building shows a man in a white T-shirt walking on the sidewalk. 


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When he gets to the car Martin was sitting in, the man pulls a gun out of his waistband and repeatedly fires into the car, striking Martin in the chest. The gunman then fled on foot.



Cops a say man jumped into the car and drove until he flagged down a police officer.  



Martin was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center but he was pronounced dead.





 

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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