Early Addition: How to trick your rideshare apps into giving you discounts

Good Thursday in New York City, the parks department has used a city-owned Bronx lot as an unofficial garbage dump for decades, and locals say the stench has grown so horrendous it’s made a nearby greenway all but unbearable to traverse.

Here's what else is happening:

• New Jersey also knows a thing or two about stinky garbage dumps.
• A section of Rockaway Beach in Edgemere that's been closed for decades to protect piping plover nests is finally reopening to the public.
• The Trump administration's travel bans and policy changes on student visas pose a serious threat to hospitals like Brookdale in Brownsville, where most of the resident doctors come from overseas.
• Sunset Park is getting another public green space on an old pier.
• The MTA added more seating around the sparse LIRR waiting area in Grand Central Madison. Some passengers said it's still not enough.
• Cute lil' bodega ramps.
• Hot tip from Defector: If you're requesting a rideshare car, do it on three apps at once because the apps will track your activity, see you're shopping and might offer you an instantaneous discount.
• And finally, good greeter: