Morning Brief: January 6

Neil Young will perform at Carnegie Hall beginning at 8 p.m. [More information]

WEATHER
A warm mixture of rain and snow expected for today, with a high being 47. Breezy tonight and cold again tomorrow. [Full forecast]

NEED TO KNOW
Mayor de Blasio greets thousands of New Yorkers during an open house at Gracie Mansion. [New York Times]

Plane skids off a taxiway at J.F.K. Airport, briefly delaying traffic. [New York Times]

Advocates and politicians are calling for more NYPD detectives to be assigned to homicides in the outer boroughs. [Daily News]

One man died and another person was injured after a high-rise caught fire Sunday afternoon. [DNA Info]

SPORTS
Atlanta at Nets; 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Rangers; 7 p.m.
Dalas at Islanders; 7 p.m.

ON STAGE TONIGHT
Broadcast Hearts; 9:30 p.m. at Mercury Lounge [More information]

TODAY'S HISTORY
1929 — Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta, India to begin her work, tending to the poor and sick.

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