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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...

Brothers Chased, Gun Down Bronx Man

Brothers Sentenced for Fatal Shooting in Pelham Parkway Houses

 


Gregory Washington was chased down and fatally shot by a pair of brothers during a 2017 shooting. -Photo by GunMemorial.org 


BRONX - A pair of Bronx brothers will spend the next 20 years plus in prison for chasing down and then fatally shooting a man in the Pelham Parkway Houses. 




Gregory Washington, 41, was gunned down in 2017 when the Jones brothers Nydrique and Kameke, unleashed a barage of bullets at Washington as he tried to run away from his attackers, prosecutors said. 


“The defendants, acting in concert with each other, chased the 41-year-old victim and fired shots at him multiple times, causing his death,” said Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark. “The incident happened in the NYCHA Pelham Parkway Houses, terrorizing the residents. We will not tolerate gun violence that harms our community.”




According to the investigation, on October 1, 2017 at approximately 10:52 p.m., in the vicinity of Waring Avenue and Williamsbridge Road, the defendants chased Gregory Washington. As they chased the Washington, Nydrique Jones shot at him four times, striking him once in the torso. The brothers then split up and returned to their building a block away from the shooting location. 


Washington died in surgery at Jacobi Hospital a few hours after the incident.





Clark said the defendants, Nydrique Jones, 30, and Kameke Jones, 33, both last of Williamsbridge Road, were sentenced on February 10, 2023 by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Laurence Busching. Kameke Jones was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison and Nydrique Jones was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. The defendants were found guilty of second-degree Murder on October 5, 2022, after a jury trial.

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