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PHOENIX Aoril 18, 1974FOR THE RECORD:Report on the activities of your localit City and State Legislators %Heights State Senator Carol Bellamy announced that the State Senate this week passed legislation changing the income eligibility requirements for residents of Mitchell-Lama and similar housing. The bill, co-sponsored by Senator Bellamy, would define %u201c income%u201d or %u201c annual income%u201d as the total income reported on the state income tax form, less personal exemptions and medical deductions, actually taken by the taxpayer. \change,%u201d stated Senator Bellamy, %u201c would set a standard which more accurately reflects the amount of money available for rent.%u201d%u201c Such legislation is beneficial to all prospective and actual occupants, whose gross income may not reflect actual spending power,%u201d explained Senator Bellamy. %u201c It would, therefore, permit young, growing families, senior citizens, and other persons or families to occupy and remain in occupancy in low-rent dwellings with the knowledge that they will be surcharged only if their real income justifies it.%u201dThe bill is now before the Assembly.under the guarantee,%u201d Assemblyman Pesce explained. %u201c If goods are sold on a guarantee covering a period of use, the seller would b e required to repay the buyer a pro rata amount for the period the goods did not comply with the guarantee%u2019s terms. This type of guarantee would be clearly set forth in any advertisement as %u2018Pro Rata Guarantee%u2019 and would not state or imply %u2018Money Back Guarantee.%u201dThe Citizens Union, a New York State good government group, firmly recommended Assembly approval of the Pesce legislation.The State Assembly has passed an important consumer measure, sponsored by Heights-South Brooklyn Assemblyman Michael L. Pesce, which is designed to protect the consumer from misleading claims of advertisers with regard to money back guarantees.\with a %u2018money back guarantee%u2019 by the seller as one where the seller will repay the buyer the full amount of the purchase price, provided the buyer has fulfilled his obligation5 TO to p, m .Obi Ollsxicoc J ^ e , i. h a u x a n tM i l ! M O NTAG UE STREET .Democratic District Leader Louise Finney of Park Slope sharply criticized Republican Assemblyman Vincent Riccio this week for voting against a proposal to increase State aid to local schools.Riccio voted against an amendment to the State%u2019s Local Assistance Budget which would have increased the State%u2019s share of local school costs from 39% of the average cost per pupil to 43%, as well as providing a 20% incfrease for each child with learning difficulties and 50% more for each handicapped child, Ms. Finney said. The amendment lost 65-79, on a straight party-line vote, Democrats in favor and Republicans against.%u201c Mr. Riccio seems to be unaware,%u201c Ms. Finney said, %u201c that we face a crisis in our schools. John Jay High School and all our local schoolsare facing severe staff cuts, especially in remedial programs.%u201d Ms. Finney also charged that Mr. Riccio%u2019s vote %u2018will put an added squeeze on local taxpayers. The City budget is likely to be balanced with a freeze on hiring teachers and a record real estate tax increase, but the State is in good financial shape and this amendment would have taken some of the pressure off us here without increasing State taxes.%u201dMs. Finney is currently seeking the Democratic nomination for the 51st Assembly District seat now held jjy Mr. Riccio. < iiiiiiiiiiiiiiM iiiiiiiia iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiig iiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiiim iie (iiig iTHE COMMITTEE FOR COLONY-SOUTH BROOKLYN HOUSES PRESENTS20%u2122ANNUALB R O O K LYNH EIG H TS ARTST. ANN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 157 MONTAGUE STREET r SHOWAm jH iim lL, i N I! E! G ! ITSFRIDAY, APRIL 26, PREVIEW RECEPTION 8-10 P.M . SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1 1A .M . to 5 P.M .SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 11 A .M . to 5 P.M .DONATION: $2.00 PREVIEW NIGHT$1 .00 OTHER DATES, STUDENTS HALF PRICEDeclaring that motorists by the thousands are being victimized by unscrupulous automobile repair dealers, Brooklyn Heights Councilman Fred Richmond has introduced into the City Council a comprehensive bill requiring the licensing of automobile repair dealers. The measure, based on a successful California statute, would make it illegal for any firm engaged in repairing, servicing, making adjustments to or diagnosing malfunctions of cars to operate without a license.According to the Richmond Auto Repair Bill, the Commissioner of Consumer Affairs would issue licenses costing $25 apiece to repair dealers. The dealers would be required to supply written estimates for all repair work. Consumers, upon request, would be entitled to any parts replaced by the repair shop. A written invoice of all work performed and parts installed must be supplied by the dealer to the customer. Finally, a review procedure would be established to protect consumers should any of the provisions of the law be violated.South Brooklyn-Heights Assemblyman Michael L. Pesce has co-sponsored a joint resolution of the State Legislature which strongly urges President Nixon to release funds previously allocated to the Office of Economic Opportunity and to continue funding of established programs of community action. The resolution, which passed the Assembly last week, also calls upon the United States Congress to enact legislation continuing funds of community action programs.In explaining his support for the resolution, Assemblyman Pesce said: %u201cThe major premise of this resolution is that there is an absolute necessity for the continuing enactment of legislation on the Federal level. 1 say this because meaningful progress has been made in disadvantaged areas where community people, most aware of the problems of day-today survival, have been able to establish self-help programs with the use of Federal funds.%u201dSlope Art ExhibitBigger Than EverOver four score artists,the largest number in its 10year history, will be included in The Park Slope CivicCouncil%u2019s Annual SpringArt Exhibit set for thisweekend, Saturday, April20 and Sunday, April 21.The spacious auditoriumof the Garfield Temple,Garfield PI. and EightthAve., will host the eventwhich will also includecrafts for the first time.Many Park Slope artists andartisans will be on hand atthe two day event thatpromises hours of delightfulbrowsing.The show opens on Saturday from 8 to 11 p.m.Refreshments will beserved. Contribution foropening night is $1.00.Sunday%u2019s showing from 12to 4 p.m. is free.Penn. Ballet BringingFour Firsts to BAMThe Pennsylvania Ballet will give three New York premieres during their four special performances, Thursday, May 2, through Sunday matinee. May 5, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The young company, under the artistic direction of Barbara Weisberger, has just completed a national tour which included their Los Angeles debut.The three premieres are %u201c Opus Lemaitre%u201d by Hans Van Manen to a score by Bach; %u201c Black Angel%u201d by John Butler to a score by George Crumb; and %u201cTime Passed Summer%u201d by Benjamin Harkavy to music by Tchaikovsky, and a musique concrete score. %u201c Black Angel%u201d is the first of two works by the internationally acclaimed choreographer to be presented at BAM during the engagement; the other is his classic, \Also on the programs will be two ballets by George Balanchine, %u2018The Four Temperaments%u201d and %u201c Concerto Barocco.%u201dThe Pennsylvania Ballet is the first American company to present a work by Van Manen, a choreographer well known in Europe and the new resident choreographer ofChurch Needs Musical HelpThe School of Music at First Presbyterian Church is seeking local people who enjoy working with children and want to perform a community service.Volunteers are needed to help Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10:30 to 12 noon, starting the first week in May. Interested persons are asked to attend a meeting to be held Friday, April 26, at 1 p.m. in the Crystal Room of the St. George Hotel, fourth floor. For more information, call Joan Alexander at 288-2892.the Het National Ballet. Mr. Van Manen has also been artistic director of the Netherlands Dance Theatre. Benjamin Harkavy, Associate Artistic Director of the Company, was the founder of the Netherlands Dance Theatre and a former director of the Royal Winnipeg, Harkness and Netherlands Ballets. For his romantic ballet, %u201cTime Passed Summer,%u201d he is utilizing songs by Tchaikovsky to be sung from the stage.Tickets for the performances are available at the BAM box office, A&S, Bloomingdale%u2019s, and Ticketron. Prices are $6.50, 5.50, 4.50, and 3.50 for all performances except Saturday evening, when prices are $7.50, 6.50, 5.00 and 3.50. Curtain time on May 2 is 7:30; at 8:00 on May 3 and 4, and at 2:00 on May 5. Discounts are available foi groups and benefits.Fort GreeneTour ComingThe Fort Greene Landmarks Preservation Committee is presenting its Fourth Annual House Tour, its most ambitious yet, on Sunday, April 28, from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. There%u2019ll be a tour of ten private townhouses (some in progress), plus a tour of The Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (with original stained glass by Louis Tiffany, yet!), The Brooklyn Academy of Music, and The Brooklyn Music School. PLUS, for all tourgoers, a FREE Brahms concert with free refreshments . . . all that for only a $3.50 donation. The $3.50, by the way, will go toward the important work being done by The Landmarks Preservation Committee and its various subcommittees. 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