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Clinton Hill and Downtown Brooklyn Since 1972Named Best in The State in 1985 for General Excellence by The New York State Press Association395 A ila n tic A venue, B ro o k ly n , New Y o rk 11217 %u2022 Tel (718) 643-1400 Michael A. Armstrong, Editor & Publisher %u2022 Dnynia R. Armstrong, Chairman o f the BoardBrooklyn,______________________________________ incMayor Pulls The Plug On Cablevision ContractBecause Firm Is Under Investigation In ScandaiBY LIZ KOCHResidents of the Eastern half of Brooklynare on hold again for cable television service. Mayor Ed Koch has announced that hewill not sign a revised contract that wouldallow Cablevision Systems, the companychosen to wire two-thirds of the borough, tobegin a phased construction of its cablesystem because of continuing Federal andState grand jury investigations into theawarding of cable television franchises tothat company in the Bronx.Cablevision won the City contract in 1983to wire the Bronx and parts of Brooklyn including Canarsie, Bedford-Stuyvesant,Bushwick and Flatbush, and recentlyreceived the approval from the Board ofEstimate for an amended contract when itwas unable to meet the financing terms required in their original franchise contract.The amended version, approved Aug. 14,would have allowed the company to buildthe system in four phases, raising moneyand completing one phase before beginningconstruction on the next phase.The City contract received by the company in 1983 is valid until Nov. 30 but underthe terms of that contract, the companymust raise the total amount needed for thetwo systems, a sum that would total between $300 million and $500 million, according to Dennis Dort, director ofregulatory affairs at the company. TheBoard of Estimate must vote on whether toextend that contract.Cablevision is currently part of an investigation that public officials and others were involved in efforts to obtainlarge payments from the company inexchange for the franchise in the Bronx andQueens. John A. Zaccaro was indictedearlier this month on charges that he worked in concert with late Queens BoroughPresident Donald Manes to extort fundsfrom Cablevision. Cablevision did not winthe contract in Queens.A Federal grand jury has now begun tohear testimony about proposed financial arrangements between Bronx CountyDemocratic Leader Stanley Friedman andCablevision for the company%u2019s franchise inthe Bronx. Mayor Koch said he was sendingthe unsigned contracts back to the Board ofEstimate in response to these investigations. Cablevision executives have testifiedthat public officials and others sought financial arrangements in exchange for the company%u2019s franchise.Brooklyn Borough President HowardGolden, in response to Koch%u2019s decision, saysthat although the cable delay for Brooklynwas %u201cfrustrating%u201d %u201cthe Mayor has indicatedthere%u2019s a reason for his decision.%u201d%u201cI%u2019ve been fighting to get cable intoBrooklyn for ten years,%u201d Golden adds. %u201cThepeople in Brooklyn want cable and certainlywe feel it%u2019s important to get cable, but thereare compelling reasons why they must proceed with caution, and hopefully they willcome to some conclusion in a reasonableamount of time.%u201dEven though Canarsie had been targetedas the starting point for Cablevision%u2019s workin Brooklyn, at the time of the Mayor%u2019sdecision, no work had begun. The companyhas engaged in preliminary work, seekinglicenses to erect the poles needed for cableservice and mapping out the area.Dort says the company is optimistic thatthe investigation will ultimately clear theway for the company to begin its work.%u201cThe ultimate result of the investigationswill be to clear up a misunderstanding. Wehave cooperated fully with the investigationup until this point, and we will continue tocooperate,%u201d he said.%u201cThis is just another obstacle to overcome. We have be involved in this for sevenyears, and we have no intention of goingaway,%u201d Dort says. %u201cObviously, it is a disappointment, but it%u2019s been a seven year wait,and we can wait a few more months.%u201dDuring the course of the investigation,Dort says the company will continue withits start-up activities, adding, %u201chopefullythat way we won%u2019t lose much time.%u201dIn the meantime, the Board of Estimatewill vote on whether to extend the originalcontract that expires on Nov. 30 which doesnot permit phased construction of the project. The company originally requested thenew contract when it was unable to financethe full project. Cablevision went public lastJanuary, raising $65 million through stocksales and had targeted $35 million to beginconstruction of the first phases in Brooklynand the Bronx.Pfizer Subway SaferThe Flushing Avenue Subway station onthe %u201cG%u201d line is a little safer for Pfizer, Inc.employees and other who use it, thanks tothe addition of two more closed-circuittelevision cameras that were installed bythe chemical manufacturing plant as partof the City%u2019s Adopt-A-Station program.Two years ago, with Pfizer%u2019s help, fourclosed-circuit television cameras and intercom boxes were set up to increasepassenger security at the Flushing Ave. station that adjoins Pfizer%u2019s Brooklyn plant inWilliamsburg. The cameras overlook OffHour Waiting Areas that the New York CityTransit Authority had installed. Pfizer funded that $50,000 Adopt-A-Station project entirely.The two additional cameras have beenadded from a Pfizer $20,000 donation. Thecameras are each near the turnstile entrance to the Queens bound and Brooklynbound platforms. As with the four camerasthat are on the platforms, these will bemonitored 24-hours-a-day by Pfizer%u2019s security personnel, watching from the Pfizerplant.Since the closed circuit televisioncameras were installed on the platforms inthe fall of 1984, as part of the first project,eight criminals have been arrested as adirect result of having the camerasmonitored by Pfizer%u2019s security guards.%u201cWe are impressed with the level ofcooperation we%u2019ve been able to have amongour company, the Transit Authority and theTransit police,%u201d said Thomas Kline, plantmanager.c j ^^ ^ ^ ^ i^p Jpiiffiffiffiffiffmiffiffmi f fiffiffiffmiffiffiff *4*iffiffiffiffiffgrUART-JAM^ %u00ab %u00ab %u00ab |Investment BankersN .A .S .D . 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