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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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Subway Purse Snatcher Sought by Cops


Police are searching for this man in connection with a purse snatching on a subway train. Photo by NYPD 


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

March 4, 2023


BRONX - The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in trying to catch a purse snatcher on the subway.




A woman sitting on the northbound Number 2 train had her purse snatched from her lap. At around 3 am on February 26, a 28-year-old woman was sitting in the subway car with her purse in her lap.





When the train approached the 50th Street station a man ran by and snatched the purse from her lap and ran out of the subway car.

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Police released surveillance video of the suspect taken from the train platform. The suspect was seen wearing a jacket over his black jogging suit with a Polo hoodie.


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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