Morning Brief: January 21
New York City honored late musician and longtime New Yorker David Bowie yesterday, officially declaring the day to be “David Bowie Day” in the city. NYC Acting Commissioner Luis Castro made the proclamation during the curtain call at the final performance of Lazarus, the off-Broadway show co-written by Bowie that was one of his final projects. Bowie died January 10 of cancer, two days after the release of his final album, Blackstar.
NEED TO KNOW
‘Noon Swoon,’ Then Recovery That May Signal Market Turnaround [New York Times]
2015 Was Earth's Warmest Year on Record, NOAA Says [NBC}
Thousands Apply to U.S. to Forgive Their Student Loans, Saying Schools Defrauded Them [Wall Street Journal]
NYC Council Bills Would Curb Arrests for Nuisance Offenses [Newsday]
Animal Deaths Down and Adoptions Up Amid Reforms at New York Shelters [New York Times]
WEATHER
36 degrees and mostly sunny [Full Forecast]
SPORTS
Yesterday
The Nets fell to the Cavaliers 78 to 91
The Knicks beat the Jazz 118 to 111
Tonight
No local games
ON STAGE TONIGHT
Julien Baker @ Mercury Lounge
Torres @ The Bowery Ballroom
Joe Bonamassa @ Carnegie Hall
Umphrey’s McGee @ The Beacon Theatre
Wild Child @ Daryl’s House
TODAY IN HISTORY
On this day in 1789, the first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston.