Morning Brief: July 17
The next time you use Uber, you might notice something a little different. The car service is blasting Mayor de Blasio through their app for his support of New York City's yellow cabs, and his opposition to for-hire vehicles. The app now features a “de Blasio” feature, and when selected, no cars appear on the road map. Instead, a banner prompts the user to "Take action," saying, "This is what Uber will look like in NYC if Mayor de Blasio's Uber cap bill passes. Email the Mayor and City Council. Say 'No' to de Blasio's Uber!" A spokesperson for the mayor's office responded, saying they "have a job to do to keep this city safe."
NEED TO KNOW
Germany’s Tone Grows Sharper in Greek Debt Crisis [New York Times]
Chattanooga Shooting: 4 Marines Killed, a Dead Suspect, and Questions of Motive [CNN]
White House Proposes New Rules to Protect Streams Near Coal Mines [US News and World Report]
62 City Schools in Bottom of Rankings Will Be Put in Steward Program {New York Times]
12 Flights Hit by Lasers Over New Jersey [Time]
WEATHER
Partly cloudy and 79 degrees [Full Forecast]
SPORTS
Yesterday
No games played.
Tonight
The Yankees take on the Mariners at 7:05
The Mets face the Cardinals at 8:15
ON STAGE TONIGHT
X featuring John Doe, Exene Cervenka, DJ Bonebrake and Jesse Dayton (with Dead Rock West) @ the Ridgefield Playhouse
The Steve Forbert Trio @ the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts
Richard Shindell @ Joe’s Pub
Umphrey’s McGee with Lettuce (plus bands before and after the show inside The Stone Pony) @ the Stone Pony Summer Stage
War @ the B.B. King Blues Club and Grill
The Bird And The Bee with Liam Finn @ Webster Hall in the Marlin Room
Ratatat (with Hot Sugar) @ Webster Hall in the Grand Ballroom
Paris Combo @ City Winery
Little River Band, Ambrosia, Player, Stephen Bishop and Robbie Dupree @ the NYCB Theatre at Westbury
Bobby Bare Jr. (with Bright Silence) @ Mercury Lounge
Peter Yarrow @ the Towne Crier Café
Larry Coryell And The Eleventh House @ the Blue Note (Today, tomorrow and Sunday) featuring Larry Coryell, Alphonse Mouzon, Randy Brecker, John Lee and Julian Coryell, plus a surprise guest on Friday and Saturday
“Great South Bay Music Festival” @ Shorefront Park in Patchogue (continues today, tomorrow and Sunday)
SATURDAY (the 18th):
Hot Tuna electric with New Riders Of The Purple Sage @ the Capitol Theatre
311 (with The Green) (plus bands before and after the show inside The Stone Pony) @ the Stone Pony Summer Stage
The Bobby Radcliff Trio @ Terra Blues
Lee Roy Parnell @ Iridium
U2 @ Madison Square Garden (Tomorrow and Sunday)
WFUV PRESENTS: Rhiannon Giddens with Joe Henry @ “Celebrate Brooklyn!” at the Prospect Park Bandshell
SUNDAY (the 19th):
Cracker @ the Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne
Steve Forbert @ the Turning Point
George Clinton And Parliament Funkadelic @ the Paramount
Tom Chapin @ the Ringwood Public Library
Matthew Ryan And The Northern Wires @ the Saint
Diego Garcia, Jorge Drexler and Danay Suarez @ SummerStage, Central Park in Rumsey Playfield
Martha Redbone, Dan Zanes, Toshi Reagon, Morley and many more @ Joe’s Pub
WFUV PRESENTS: The Sam Bush Band (with The Jamie McLean Band) @ the Ridgefield Playhouse
TODAY IN HISTORY
Today in 1955, Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, Calif
