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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...

Jail Guard Charged with Groping Coworker

Rikers Guard Groped by Fellow Guard - Prosecutors Say

A guard on Rikers Island has been charged with sexually assaulting a female guard. -File Photo



BRONX - A guard on Rikers Island has been charged with sexually assaulting a female coworker at the jail. 





Carlos Ozorio, 38, an 11-year veteran of the DOC, was arrested and arraigned on a misdemeanor complaint charging forcible touching, third-degree sexual abuse and second-degree harassment before Bronx Criminal Court Judge Matthew Grieco. He is due back in court on June 7, 2023.

 

“We will hold accountable anyone who commits a crime in the jails, and workplace sexual abuse will not be tolerated,” said Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark. “The victimized officer was performing her job and was allegedly abused by a colleague, someone she should be able to trust in place where correction staff are victims of violence by inmates.”

 




Department of Investigation Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber said, “No person – and no City employee -- should be subject to sexual abuse and harassment in the workplace. The defendant’s alleged conduct toward a fellow officer is not only a violation of Department of Correction policies and his duty as a City Correction Officer, it is a crime. I thank the Department of Correction for referring the complaint and the Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark for prosecuting this important case, which makes clear that the charged conduct is unacceptable and will not be tolerated.”

 

According to the investigation by the Department of Investigation and the Bronx District Attorney’s Public Integrity Bureau, at approximately 9:30 a.m. on December 5, 2020, inside of a Riker’s Island Headquarters trailer facility, the defendant came up behind the victim, and grabbed her breast and vagina while kissing her neck. After the victim pushed herself away from the defendant, he slapped her buttocks.

 

A complaint is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.




 

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