NEW THIS MORNING

* State officials announced $450,000 in grants to help young, undocumented immigrants just days before a federal law allows them to apply for work permits, the Daily News reports: http://nydn.us/Pgh4gf * Former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton has been meeting with mayoral candidates to tell them he is interested succeeding Ray Kelly as the city's next police chief, the Wall Street Journal reports: http://on.wsj.com/TBoY4K  Council Speaker Christine Quinn will introduce a bill expanding the city's efforts to direct both small and large contracts to businesses owned by women and people of color, the New York Times reports: http://nyti.ms/RPx2QY