BROOKLYN WEATHER: What’s it gonna do today?  Check here for Brooklyn weather.

FYI: Be one of the lucky 10,000 to get emails from the MTA about
weekend subway disruptions. I am. As part of a pilot  program, I will now find out if there any problems on train lines. Go to  www.mta.info and sign up now. Or check here for weekend updates. 

TIP: See today’s Here/Say (below, bottom of Scoop Du Thursday) for the text of a
letter written by Jane Jacobs to Mayor Bloomberg about the
redevelopment of the north Brooklyn waterfront.

CITY NEWS: Governor George Pataki will announce on Thursday that John Cahill, his chief of staff, will formally take charge of rebuilding Lower Manhattan. Cahill will coordinate activities between the Port Authority, MTA and Lower Manhattan Development Corporation.Pataki will also announce that veteran bureaucrat Stephan Pryor will become the LMDC