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On a cold, rainy December night, desperation for warmth and shelter could be seen in the East Village.
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Jennifer has covered New York news for nearly two decades - covering the city's biggest stories, the courts, federal law enforcement and the state of Rikers Island.
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A graduate of CUNY's Queens College, who was born in Brooklyn, raised in Queens and is part of the Indo-Caribbean community in New York, Jennifer is also an accomplished author of children's books and has previously written for NY Newsday, The Amsterdam News and The Queens Chronicle.
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