Morning Brief: May 7
Mayor de Blasio's set to announce his executive budget for the city today, but we already have an idea of some of its major components. He's expected to commit $100 million to combat homelessness, while funding for the city's suicide hotline looks like it's going to be slashed. Another big issue comes with MTA funding, which de Blasio's expected to give $657 million over the course of 5 years, more than in past budgets. But the transit authority, which still has a whopping $14 billion budget hole, recently asked for more even money from the city.
NEED TO KNOW
British Voters Prepare for Elections [Washington Post]
Texas Shooter Avoided Inquiry Prior to Shooting [New York Times]
Skelos Survives Attempted Outing After Arrest [CBS New York]
Homelessness Down by 5% in NYC [NY Daily News]
De Blasio Proposes Plan to Spur More Affordable Housing in NYC [New York Times]
SPORTS
Yesterday
The Rangers lost to the Capitals 2-1.
The Mets beat the Orioles 5-1.
The Yankees were beaten by the Blue Jays 5-1.
Today
The Yankees take on the Orioles at 7.
WEATHER
Warm and lots of sunshine today, 77/57. [Full Forecast]
ON STAGE TONIGHT
- The Robert Cray Band with Little Toby Walker @ the Tarrytown Music Hall
- Leo Kottke @ the South Orange Performing Arts Center
- Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds @ Webster Hall The Grand Ballroom
- Of Monsters And Men (with Highasakite) @ Manhattan Center’s Hammerstein Ballroom
- Amy Rigby @ the HiFi Bar
- Stanley Clarke @ the Blue Note
- Brad Mehldau Trio @ the Village Vanguard
- Judy Collins @ Café Carlyle
- Bill Kirchen @ Iridium
- Fishbone (with Dub Apocalypse) @ the Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne
- Dark Star Orchestra @ the State Theatre
- Antigone Rising with P.J. Pacifico @ the Ridgefield Playhouse
- Those Darlins (with Adia Victoria and Johnny Ain’t Bad) @ Rough Trade NYC
- Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators (with Unlocking The Truth) @ Terminal 5
- The Corey Glover Band and The Dug Pinnick Band @ the Cutting Room
TODAY IN HISTORY
On this day in 1945, Germany unconditionally surrended to Allied forces in Rheims, France, ending the European conflict in WWII.
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