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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...
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Bronx Man Shot in Backyard

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By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

January 19, 2023 


BRONX - A Bronx man was found shot to death in the backyard of his house and police are looking into the possibility this was a targeted shooting. 


At around 9 pm on January 18, officers from the 47th Precinct arrived at 4057 Pratt Avenue to a report of a man shot. Cops found 21-year-old Nicholas Lewis with a gunshot wound to the chest in the backyard of the house in the Eastchester section of the Bronx.


Lewis was taken to Jacobi Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. 


Lewis was found near the basement steps in the backyard. Police are looking into whether the shooter followed Lewis to his house and then shot him in the backyard. 


Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to 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 are strictly confidential.


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Location: 4057 Pratt Ave, The Bronx, NY 10466, USA

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