Being endorsed by Schumer has become something of rite of passage for Brooklyn office-seekers.

Indeed. Nice pick up for Steve.

Mercat Negre, a 74-seat restaurant that has been unable to open on Grand Street in Williamsburg because of a seven-month licensing logjam, employs a skeleton crew.

Skeleton crew of construction workers, that is – the place is still majorly under construction. Their DOB application was only approved at the end of May. They also don’t have a CO to operate a restaurant at that, which, according to the Times article, is a requirement to get a liquor license.

The Illuminating Engineering Society of New York (who knew?) has published a self-guided tour of lighting design in New York. Randy Sabedra, the president of the Society seems to be a particular fan of Greenpoint’s own Newtwon Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant:

By night, they glow blue,” Mr. Sabedra said. “They are beautiful. They are wonderful.”

The first in what I believe is a series of candidate profiles that the Courier is doing. Stay tuned for more.

Returning to the scene of the crime?

I switched from a MicroVAX to a Mac in 1984, so I’m pretty well embedded as an Apple fan. But this app store shit is getting ridiculous.

The mayor’s office is alleged to have been illegally funneling money to city non-profits. This should be a big deal.

(And note the local connection – “[Bloomberg] also chose a board member of [one non-profit] Agudath Israel’s parent organization, the real estate developer George Klein, to serve on his transition team after his election in 2001.”)

Speaking of Broadway Triangle, Kareem Fahim has been working on a piece for some weeks now, and its finally up at the Times. A very in-depth and well-researched summary of recent events and ancient history.