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In Gentrifying Mott Haven, Murders are Up 300%

As $450,000+ condos go up along E 138th Street and $4,300 three-bedroom apartments appear on the market along Bruckner Boulevard something else is also going up: Murder. Homicides in The Bronx’s 40th Precinct, which covers Melrose, Mott Haven, and Port Morris, is up by 300% this year as of June 17th compared to the same…

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BREAKING NEWS: Major Upset as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Beats Incumbent Joseph Crowley for 14th Congressional District!

In a major victory and the biggest political upset of 2018 in the country, 28 year old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of The Bronx has won the the Democratic primary for the 14th Congressional District beating incumbent Congressman Joseph Crowley who was as recently this year considered a front-runner to become the next Speaker of the House…

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Bx27 Bus Service Expanding to Directly Link with New Soundview Ferry Service

The MTA has announced it’s expanding the Bx27 to connect directly to Clason Point Park as the Soundview Ferry line will begin service this summer. This will hopefully offer relief to thousands of residents of this transit-starved section of The Bronx once service actually begins. The route will take the ferry from Soundview in The…

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Bronx Charter Schools See Record Number of Applications

79,000 applications were submitted for charter school seats in NYC for this coming school year with The Bronx leading topping the list with 27,020 applications submitted for just 6,969 available seats. Advocates for charter schools insist that the demand is proof that caps on such schools need to be eliminated to accommodate the demand. The…

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