Brookfield hires Cushman for West Side development, Aqueduct opening day brings 20,000 gamblers … and more

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1. Brookfield taps Cushman & Wakefield team led by Bruce Mosler to lease Manhattan West [WSJ]
2. About 20,000 people hit Aqueduct casinos for opening day
[Post]
3. Worship sites spend heavily to align with city regulations and avoid fines
[NYDN]
4. Bay Ridge’s cheaper real estate is bringing residents priced out of other Brooklyn areas
[WSJ]
5. After city parks shut down Saturday, New Yorkers return to them Sunday
[NYDN]
6. Meanwhile, study awards NYC park with B grade, Coney Island Boat Basin gets lone failing grade
[NYT]
7. Two-story building collapse in the Bronx kills construction worker
[Post]
8. Six universities submit proposals for new NYC science graduate program
[NYDN]