Morning Brief: September 3

Ever wonder whether New York City’s reputation for unfriendliness is all just hype? Then you’re in luck, because the folks at Travel and Leisure rank the world’s least friendly cities every year! And…nope, it seems it’s not hype at all. New Yorkers rank as pretty darn unfriendly—sixth out of 266 cities total. But it could be worse—the Big Apple gets beat out by Moscow (the champion), Atlantic City, St. Petersburg, Marseille, and Los Angeles.

NEED TO KNOW

China Holds Massive Military Parade, to Cut Troop Levels by 300,000 [Reuters]

Obama Nets Votes Needed to Sustain Veto on Anti-Iran Deal Bills [NBC]

Prison Officials Join Movement to Curb Solitary Confinement [New York Times]

New York City Summer Is Safest in Years, Records Show [Wall Street Journal]

NYC Council Speaker Mark-Viverito endorses Hillary Clinton [Newsday]

WEATHER
Partly cloudy and 93 degrees [Full Forecast]

SPORTS

Yesterday
The Yankees beat the Red Sox 13 to 8
The Mets beat the Phillies 9 to 4

ON STAGE TONIGHT

Ollabelle @ City Winery

The Fixx (with The Shift) @ the B.B. King Blues Club and Grill

The Jacksons @ the Paramount

TODAY IN HISTORY

Today in 1838, Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.