Democrats in the House, Senate, and White House have not forgotten about NYC public transit at all. Aside from the typical Annual Federal Budget distributions, NYC received $2 Billion in the Infrastructure Bill and $6 billion in the COVID relief package.

https://bronx.news12.com/ny-public-transit-agencies-to-get-2-billion-from-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill

https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/01/12/mta-receives--6-billion-covid-recovery-grant-from-feds-

Gambling is a tax on the poor. The addictions they encourage hit the poor the hardest and society will be paying the price for it in perpetuity. In a place like Singapore, they don't even allow locals to play at their casino because they know the toll it extracts on society, so only tourists are allowed.

Somehow, society destroying parasites like casinos are invited into this state and city, while local politicians fought tooth and nail against an Amazon HQ in Queens. This is such a backwards ass system we have. Owning Jeff Bezos on Twitter was more important than protecting the people from the pestilence of addiction, poverty, and crime that follows every casino that has ever been built in America.