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Newsbriefs:Fulton Group Endorses ParkThe proposed creation of a one-acre park in the Fulton Ferry waterfront area won an enthusiastic endorsement last week from the newly formed Fulton Ferry Renaissance Association.General Manager Clair Beckhardt of the State Parks and Recreation Department told the group that the barren acre could become a park by the spring under state sponsorship.The Association, formed last August, adopted a statement of purpose that committed its member to %u201c further the economic,' cultural, and residential development of the Brooklyn waterfront from Atlantic Avenue to the Navy Yard for the mutual benefit of residents, visitors and commercial enterprises.\The Association includes residents of Fulton Ferry landing, members of the Vinegar Hill Association, and local businessmen. They first met August 8 at a public meeting called by Peter Stanford, director of the National Maritime Society, to discuss his East River Renaissance Project. The project would develop the waterfront, create shipbuilding facilities, and add a marina.The next meeting of the Association is November 14 at 7:30 p.m. on the Musicbarge by Fulton Ferry.School ReclaimsParking LotA Fort Greene public school playground which was sold mistakenly at public auction last spring and nearly turned into a parking lot, has been reclaimed by the Board of Education and returned to the school.The property, located on Clermont Avenue at P.S. 46, had never been removed from the city%u2019s public property list despite the fact that the Board of Education had taken possession of it in 1967. School officials and community people were unaware of the mistake until mid-September when workmen began setting up a chain link fence. %u2022David Bersohn, who paid $650 for the property in May, will be refunded his original investment plus $1300 in %u201c pocket expenses.%u201dPlanning Board 2Meets on Nov. 16Community Planning Board Two will consider three issues at a public hearing November 16 in the third floor courtroom at Borough Hall, 6 p.m.The first item involves possible community uses for 20 city-owned properties within the district which, unless earmarked for local use, will be sold at auction by the city Real Estate Department. The remaining two, items concern bus routes to racetracks. Pioneer Bus Corporation is seeking routes to Meadowlands, N.J., and Blue and Grey Transit, Inc. wants to renew its lines to Aqueduct, Belmont, Yonkers and Roosevelt.Ethical Culture Picks PresidentTheodore M. Schoenfeld of Brooklyn Heights was elected president of the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, a religious humanist fellowship approaching its 75th year in Brooklyn The new officers of the Society are long-time Brooklyn residents who have supported the society in various community projects. Park Slope%u2019sRose Elbert and Flatbush%u2019s Murray Hirsch were elected Vice-Presidents; the new secretary and treasurer are Morissa Doljan and Julian Weiss, both residents of Flatbush. Monroe Scherer, past Society President, was appointed Advisor to the Board of Trustees and Financial Secretary.Library OpensJobs CenterA job information center has been set up at Brooklyn%u2019s Main Library at Grand Army Plaza. The center is open on Wednesdays from 4-8 p.m. and on Thursdays from 10-3 p.m. Appointments can be made by calling 636-3137.S. Brooklyn BeginsWaterfront GroupA new neighborhood organization has been formed in South Brooklyn%u2019s waterfront area in an effort to recapture the business and residential vibrancy of the region.The organization, the Waterfront Community Restoration and Development Association, elected a 15-member board of directors at its last meeting, led by Chairman Ralph Scarfogliero, Rocco Panico as vice chairman, Theresa Colantonion as secretary and Ann Mazzella as treasurer.%u201cThis area,%u201d Scarfogliero said, referring to blocks bounded by the waterfront, Atlantic Avenue, Hicks Street and Hamilton Avenue, %u201c have never been organized to combat city agencies%u201d and other problems of the area. The new group, he said, has contacted Community Planning Board Six, offering itself as the local urban renewal representative of the area.DowntownersElect RosanNancy Rosan, a member of the New York City Planning Commission since 1968, has been appointed executive director of the Downtown Brooklyn Development Association (DBDA), effective October 23.The announcement camd Monday, October 16, after a five week search for a new director following Barbara Kramer%u2019s resignation.Rosan, who has worked for the Staten Island Planning Commission since 1973, is experienced in zoning changes, budgets, coordinating planning for cultural affairs, obtaining funding and acting as a community board liaison, according to a DBDA spokesman.Rosan, a Park Slope resident, is ma ried to Richard Rosan, director of the Mayor%u2019s Office of Development%u2014G.F. ,Brooklyn PoliceFalling ShortManpower levels at Brooklyn%u2019s 23 police stationhouses have fallen 435 officers short of authorized levels, prompting a sharp warning by Borough President Howard Golden that the borough cannot afford to lose %u201ceven a single additional police officer anywhere.%u201dIn letters of warning and complaint to City Hall, Golden said Brooklyn precincts %u201c have been functioning with severely reduced levels%u201d at a time when the borough %u201cwould indeed be better served with more, not less, police officers.%u201dAccording to a study by his office, Golden said this year%u2019s expense budget had authorized 3,824 police officers for Brooklyn, but that only 3,389 were actually assigned to the precincts. Each ofTHERE AND BACK AGAIN: 700 members of the Brooklyn Black United Front walked fromthe House of the Lord Pentecostal Church on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn to Wall Street andthen back on November 6, Black Solidarity Day, protesting a Grand Jury decision not toindict police officers for the death last summer of Crown Heights civic leader ArthurM iller. (Michael Cuiccio photo)Shortly after the application was approved by state and federal officials, the Dime, according to Bank-on-Brooklyn, %u201c flagrantly announced that it had no intention of honoring the agreement with Bank-on-Brooklyn and our committees.%u201dThe campaign will include picketing of Dime branches and deposit withdrawls. %u201c Although we hope to gain some concessions from the bank,%u201d said spokesperson Mary Gallagher, %u201cone of the main purposes of the campaign is to educate people as to what redlining means. At the meeting we%u2019ll inform people about our successes and about the nature of the Dime campaign.%u201dThe meeting will be held 8 p.m. at St. Paul%u2019s Methodist Church,East 38th Street and Avenue D.Anyone who has questions or problems in obtaining mortgages may call 462-2505 or 462-9468.the five precincts located in Brooklyn%u2019s brownstone revival areas and adjacent neighborhoods are staffed below budgetary levels.%u201c It is to their great credit that even with reduced numbers, these police officers and their superiors at every rank and level of command have done such an outstanding job,%u201d Golden said in letters to Mayor Koch and Police Commissioner Robert McQuire.But it is clear, he added, \the people of Brooklyn cannot and must not be subjected to a further reduction of police.%u201dGolden%u2019s press spokesman, Timothy Lee, said the borough president had not determined if current manpower levels reflected an actual reduction of forces over previous years.A precinct-by-precinct review showed the following:72nd Precinct: 143 officers authorized by the budget, 124 assigned. 76th Precinct: 103 authorized, 87 assigned. 78th Precinct: 139 authorized, 127 assigned. 84th Precinct: 165 authorized, 139 assigned. 88th Precinct: 162 officers authorized, 153 assigned.Grocery Co-OpSeeks MembersInterested in buying fresher, lastier, and more nutritious food at prices you can afford? The %u201cPeople%u2019s Food Co-op%u201d is seeking new members.The Co-op is located on Fourth Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets, and is open Thursday afternoons, but may %u2019expand to evenings if needed. Co-op members are required to work three hours a month.The co-op was started a few months ago by a small group of Park Slope residents with the help of the Park Slope United Methodist Church.Those interested in joining should contact Roberta Marcus at Children and Youth Development Services, 788-4800.Anti-RedlinersTarget the DimeThe anti-redlining group, Bankon-Brooklyn of East Flatbush/ Prospect Lefferts Gardens, will inaugurate a campaign against the alleged redlining practices of the Dime Savings Bank at a community meeting tonight.The campaign is nart of a Brooklyn-wide Bank-on-Brooklyn effort. In April 1978 the group agreed to withdraw its objection to the bank%u2019s branch application when Dime promised to make mortgage money available to the borough.Linda Sutter, a Heights resident, was walking home by Garden Place and State Street at 9 p.m. November 1, when one man walked up behind her and according to police, %u201c grabbed her buttocks.%u201d Then, joined by another assailant, they tore her pocketbook from her arm, breaking the strap, and fled.The radio journalist chased them and was joined by Officer Ralph Romano of the 84th Precinct, who was in his patrol car. After searching the area, Romano arrested James Mills, 18, of 113 Kane Street, charging him with robbery and sexual abuse. Sutter was able to retreive her pocketbook which was dropped in the chase.Mills was released on $300 bail pending a preliminary hearing in criminal court.%u2014G.F.BHA DefendsMontague PlanDespite objections by several Montague Street merchants, the Brooklyn Heights Association is sticking by its zoning diversification proposal for Montague Street.At an association meeting last Wednesday, approximately 100 merchants and Heights residents heard merchant Don Pandina lead the attack on the proposal. The plan calls for division of the street into three separate retail categories in an effort to enhance commercial diversification in the business district. Stores in each category would be allowed a determined percentage of each block in the area from Clinton Street to the Promenade.In his attack, Pandina criticized the association for attempting to %u201clegislate quality,%u201d saying that the proposal would keep good stores off the street and would restrict the expansion of stores to either a second floor or to a next door address.George Silver, the association president, said the proposal is not intended to restrict expansion, and agreed to accept modifications that would clcar-up the problem. But he said the association stands by the basic proposal, which is now before Brooklyn office of the city Planning Commission for review.%u2018inflation Fighter%u2019E i r r U t - c * I n i ' H / s l I n i 'I I g l l l O I V I f c / V I I U IThe WINS-AM radio %u201cInflation Fighter%u201d fought more than just rising costs last week when two men tried to steal her pocketbook in Brooklyn Heights.Lawyer to Speakon Development $Andrew Fisher, executive committee chairman for Brooklyn%u2019s new Overall Economic Development Program, will speak at the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce%u2019s next Market Place, November 16 on the future benefits of Brooklyn being designated a Federal Redevelopment Area.Since the borough is now eligible for Federal grants and loan guarantees, Fisher will explain what this means for Brooklyn%u2019s development and give examples of programs to be followed. Fisher, a Brooklynborn lawyer, sbrved with the District Attorney%u2019s office and is counsel to the New York City Democratic Committee.Beginning at 11 a.m., there will first be an hour of exhibits and booths presented by various Brooklyn businesses. The meeting is at the Officers%u2019 Club at Fort Hamilton. It is open to the public.Jail AwardedHealth GrantThe Brooklyn House of Detention for Men, at 275 Atlantic Avenue, has received a $100,000 grant from the Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Agency to improve the quality .of health service for prisoners.According to city Health Commissioner Dr. Reinaldo A. Ferrer, the grant will enable %u201c the Health Department%u2019s Prison Health Service Bureau, which provides medical, psychiatric and dental care in all of the city%u2019s prisons, to administer the grant and upgrade the quality of care%u201d to prisoners. The grant is effective for two one-year periods.Page 26, THE PHOENIX, November 9,1978