Morning Brief: June 15

Tomorrow, Cornell Tech is breaking ground on its newest graduate school campus: a 12-acre area on Roosevelt Island that’s slated to cost $2 billion. One of the planned buildings is dubbed The Bridge, and has been called a “corporate co-location.” About a third of its space will be occupied by students, and the rest will be a co-working space rented by a mix of startups and larger companies. The complex is slated to open in 2017.

NEED TO KNOW
Wanted Sudan leader Bashir flies out of South Africa [BBC News]
Jeb Bush to Declare Presidential Run, Playing Down Surname [New York Times]
NY Prison Escape Puts Staff-Inmate Relationships in the Spotlight [CNN]
Time Running Out As NYC Rent Regulation Laws Set To Expire Monday [CBS New York]
Judge Rules Brooklyn Hotel Project Can Continue [NY Daily News]

WEATHER
Possible thunderstorms, and a high of 84 [Full Forecast]

SPORTS

Yesterday
The Mets beat the Braves 8-10
The Yankees bested the Orioles 5-3

Tonight
The Mets take on the Blue Jays at 7:10
The Yankees play the Marlins at 7:10

ON STAGE TONIGHT
Heartless Bastards with Craig Finn @ Webster Hall
Snowy White @ Iridium
Bhi Bhiman and Goodnight, Texas @ Mercury Lounge
Jesse Harris @ Rockwood Music Hall
The Chapin Sisters @ the Living Room
Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish (with Ballyhoo!) @ the Paramount

TODAY IN HISTORY
On this day in 1752, Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity