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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...

Bronx Man Beat, Stabbed Girlfriend to Death

Gets 20 Years for Beating with Broomstick, Fatally Stabbing Her with a Steak Knife

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BRONX - Bronx man who fatally stabbed his girlfriend in the face with a steak knife during an argument will spend the next 20 years in prison.




Kelvin Diaz, 33, was sentenced March 3, 2023 to 20 years in prison and five years' of post release supervision before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Marsha Michael. The defendant pleaded guilty to first-degree Manslaughter on February 16, 2023.





According to the investigation, on January 29, 2021 inside 1965 Lafayette Avenue, the defendant attacked Onelfy Then-Cordero with a broomstick, causing blunt force trauma to her head, which caused her death. 




Diaz then stabbed his girlfriend multiple times in the face with a steak knife.

 

A neighbor called police to report a woman screaming for help. When police arrived and entered the apartment, they found Then-Cordero mortally wounded. 





Diaz was arrested on scene and told officers he stabbed the victim. 


“An argument between a couple escalated to brutality and a woman is dead,” said Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark. “The defendant has been held accountable but the victim’s loved ones will continue to suffer. We must do all we can to prevent domestic violence, which traumatizes so many people beyond just the victim.”






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