It’s all sunshine and sandals today, with yesterday’s chill gone, replaced with temperatures in the low to mid-60s and a high near 65 degrees. There is also a breeze heading southward at 5 to 10 mph throughout the day, gradually increasing to 10 to 20 mph while heading SSW.
Tonight has a 30 percent chance of rain and temperatures cooling to around 46 degrees.
The sun will set at 7:45 p.m. and the moon is still in its waxing gibbous phase.
Five things to know today:
- Cooper Union will end its free tuition policy, replacing it with an offer of a need-based sliding scale. Students will continue to be accepted without regard to need. [WSJ]
- Former CIA Director David Petraeus will be joining the CUNY Macaulay Honors College staff next fall as a visiting professor of public policy. [NYTimes]
- The Bedford-Stuyvesant Historic District has been expanded. [WSJ]
- A Brooklyn man has been charged with murder for allegedly strangling another man at the Institute for Community Living in Boerum Hill, which treats psychiatric patients and the homeless. [NY1]
- Kingsborough Community College is making strides to recovering post-Sandy, but a lot of work still remains. [NY1]
Plus 1:
- On this day in history: [NY1]
On the Avenue: Annual Kiwanis karaoke event raises funds for ailing children 
Truck gets stuck in sinkhole