Morning Brief: July 9

Art is everywhere in New York City--even where you least expect to find it. Take, for example, the legions of "Step Streets" throughout the West Bronx and Upper Manhattan. The city's been spending money to fix up these open-air staircases in hilly parts of the city, and they results are turning out to be quite beautiful. 
 
NEED TO KNOW
 
Stock Exhange Crash Adds to Nervous Financial Climate  [Washington Post]
 
GOP Worried that Donald Trump Will Damage Their Standing Nationwide  [Washington Post]
 
NYC Will Allow Visits to Hart Island  [New York Times]
 
Change in Bail Policy In NYC  [New York Times
 
NY Attorney General Now Can Investigate Police Shootings  [NY Daily News
 
WEATHER
 
Mostly Cloudy, highs around 82. Heavy thunderstorms likely tonight. 
 
SPORTS
 
Yankees play the A's at 1:05
 
ON STAGE TONIGHT
 
Dion (with Keith Alberstadt) @ the Mayo Performing Arts Center
 
World Party (with Gabriel Kelley) @ City Winery
 
The John Scofield Trio featuring Steve Swallow and Bill Stewart @ Birdland
 
John Hammond @ Wagner Park in Battery Park City
 
Fastball and The Rembrandts @ the B.B. King Blues Club and Grill
 
Lianne LaHavas (with Keenan O’Meara) @ the Bowery Ballroom
 
The Little River Band (with Nik Rael) @ the Bergen Performing Arts Center
 
Willy Porter featuring Carmen Nickerson @ Iridium
 
Stiff Little Fingers (with The Turbo A.C.’s and Two Man Advantage) @ Irving Plaza
 
The Beach Boys @ the Ridgefield Playhouse
 
WFUV PRESENTS: Punch Brothers and Sarah Jarosz @ “Celebrate Brooklyn!” at the Prospect Park Bandshell
 
TODAY IN HISTORY
 
Today in 1776, George Washington orders that the newly-issued Declaration of Independence be read to the Continental Army currently defending New York City.

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