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

FYI: See next post: MTA TRANSIT ADVISOR POST FOR DISRUPTIONS ON YOUR SUBWAY LINE

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: Retaining wall collapses above Henry Hudson Parkway, which sent tons of rock and concrete onto the parkway. There were no injuries but the northbound lanes of the Henry Hudson will remain closed for at least a week.

_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