Today’s Headlines

8:09 AM EST on November 14, 2016

Opposition to Trump, Support for Immigrants Fills Manhattan Streets (Gothamist, NBC)
NYC Immigrants Are Already Living in Fear of Trump (Bklyn Paper)
Andrew Cuomo Offers a Conditional Promise to Protect New Yorkers From Trump (News)
Teen Driver Unintentionally Strikes His Grandmother in Floral Park Driveway, Killing Her (News, Post)
Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures Man at Ralph and Macon in Bed-Stuy (News)
De Blasio's East Harlem Plan Should Upzone Affluent Parts of the Neighborhood But Doesn't (News)
Andrew Albert Wants to Split A Train Service Between East and West Rockaway (Post)
Brooklyn Developers Will Run Their Own Shuttles From J/M/Z to BillyBurg Construction Sites (Crain's)

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