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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...

Taco Bell Thief had Key

Ran off with Cash Register Drawers from Taco Joint



By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

February 23, 2023


BRONX - Cops are trying to find a man who used a key to break into a Bronx Taco Bell and make off with the contents and the drawers of the cash registers. 




At around 6 am on January 11, a man used a key to enter a locked Taco Bell restaurant in the Hub on East 149th Street. The man removed the drawers from the cash registers and placed them into a garbage bag. 




Cops say the thief made off with $2,000 in cash.  


Police released surveillance video of the suspect. The suspect was last seen wearing a black winter coat with hood, a ski mask and a multi-colored long scarf.



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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