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Who Do We Trust In The Age of Misinformation? 

There is little doubt on most people’s minds that the overwhelming stream of click bait headlines—filled with nothing but falsehoods that reinforce our biases—have reshaped how many think about major issues such as this horrendous election cycle.
One of the first things we can recommend is that just because it’s on the Internet it doesn’t make it true.
We have a responsibility not just to ourselves but to everyone we are connected to via social media to verify what we’re sharing is indeed true.

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Saks Off Fifth To Take Over Barnes and Noble Space In Bay Plaza? 

Last week we received the news that Barnes and Noble, The Bronx’s only bookstore, was closing leaving our borough the only one without a bookstore .  Now we receive news that the luxury retailer Saks Fifth Avenue’s outlet store, Saks Off Fifth, has signed a ten year lease for a 25,000 square foot space in Bay Plaza. …

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In The Bronx’s Oldest Shopping District, Dozens of Vacant Store Fronts Dominate The Area as Gentrification Tightens Its Grip

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The Hub—The Bronx’s oldest shopping and commercial district located in the South Bronx neighborhood of Melrose is going through the most profound changes since the 70s and 80s when the neighborhood burned around it and its main train line, the Third Avenue El was put out of service and torn down.

Since its beginnings over a century ago when the borough was experiencing a population boom adding over 1 million residents in a span of 30 years, Melrose and The Hub, attracted residents from all over The Bronx due to it being an excellent transportation nexus—and still does today.

New “affordable” housing developments have been constructed surrounding the area and adding over 3,000 apartments and tens of thousands of new residents—with thousands of more units in various stages of construction or planning to come.

As gentrification tightens its grip on the South Bronx, long-time businesses are closing their doors as landlords either are not renewing leases or simply the new rents are too high to keep up.

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Watch: What Makes a New York City Kid

The New York Times explored the question of what makes a New York City kid by interviewing a bunch of kids from across all the five boroughs of which roughly a dozen documented their lives by using their smartphones as a window into their lives by way of video.

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Throggs Neck Property Values See Increase Near Golf Course

When work began at Ferry Point Golf Course in Throggs Neck, homes were priced at speculative prices banking on when the golf finally opened that homes would be worth considerably more. From Brinsmade Ave to Emerson Ave and from Sampson down to Schurz Avenue, the area immediately adjacent to Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point,…

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