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  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...

Horror Near Edgar Allan Poe Cottage

Gunman Pumped Multiple Rounds into Victim


Crime scene investigators at the scene of a shooting where a 26-year-old man from Norwood was shot and killed at Briggs Avenue and East 194 Street. -Photo by David Greene



By David Greene

Bronx Voice 

December 22, 2022 


BRONX - Police are looking for the gunman who opened fire on a 26-year-old man who died after being shot "multiple times" in Fordham Manor.

 

Officers from the 52nd Precinct were called to East 194 Street and Briggs Avenue at 11:13 a.m., on December 18. One police official said, "Upon arrival police observed a 26-year-old male with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso." 




The official added that the victim was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital where he died. Police say that there have been no arrests and the investigation remains "ongoing."



 

The victim was later identified as Angel Cuasant, 26, of Decatur Avenue in Norwood. A longtime Norwood source and friend of Cuasant claimed that Cuasant had been shot nine times, but that could not be immediately confirmed by police. 


The shooting took place a block away from the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage - the historically preserved home of the famous horror writer. 





 

Anyone with any information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Tip line at 1 (800) 577-TIPS, all calls remain confidential.

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