Morning Brief: November 24

Leasing is beginning in New York City’s first micro apartment development. The 55 open apartments are housed in a nine-story building on Carmel Place, and range from a tiny 260 to 360 square feet. They are all studio-style, and can be rented furnished or unfurnished for anywhere from $2,500 to $3,000. In addition to specialized, built-in furniture, the rooms also come with a lifestyle service  that provides housekeeping, cable, Wi-Fi, a personal concierge service, and programming of different events.

NEED TO KNOW
Putin Calls Turkey 'Accomplices of Terrorists' After Russian Jet Shot Down [The Guardian]

5 People Shot At Site of Black Lives Matter Protest in Minneapolis [NPR]

Iranian Hackers Attack State Dept. via Social Media Accounts [New York Times]

Sheldon Silver Trial Ends: Politics as Usual or Criminal Acts? [Wall Street Journal]

New York City Seeks More Black, Latino and Asian Men to Teach in Public Schools [New York Daily News]

WEATHER
49 degrees and partly cloudy [Full Forecast]

SPORTS

Yesterday
The Knicks fell to the Heat 78 to 95

Tonight
No local sports tonight

ON STAGE TONIGHT
WFUV Presents: My Morning Jacket @ The Beacon Theater

The Wombats @ Terminal 5

Robert Randolph and the Family Band @ Brooklyn Bowl

Stevie Wonder @ Madison Square Garden

Macy Gray w/ Valise @ City Winery

Goerge Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic @ B.B. King’s Blues Club & Griill

John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey @ Cafe Carlyle

TODAY IN HISTORY
Today in 1859, Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.