Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade: Trump, Harry Potter, and… a Chicken?
by B.A. Van Sise
From politics to pop culture, the pups at the annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade were dressed in their very best disguises on a drizzly Saturday.
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