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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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Bus Perv Touched Woman Near Parkchester


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

January 12, 2023


BRONX - A Bronx woman sleeping on a bus on New Year’s Day awoke to find a perv touching her while masturbating. Police released surveillance video from inside the bus in the hopes of catching the suspect. 


At around 11 am on January 1, a 23-year-old woman was napping on a Q44 bus near Metropolitan Avenue and Hugh Grant Circle. She woke to find a man touching her thigh and masturbating.




The suspect jumped off the bus and fled on foot. But not before the suspect’s image was caught on surveillance video. Now cops are asking for the public’s help in locating this man.




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: Hugh J. Grant Cir, The Bronx, NY, USA

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