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F a l lXJ A m ai 1 U 1 1 1 VSpecialDoes Brooklyn Help Artists Find Space?The Old House Journal Has The PrescriptionCity GivesTreasure FrorrLittle Tp&gs Make A He G R h : N D h R M Y P L f t Z H B R %u25a1 0 K L Y N %u201e N V 1 1 cl &)Republicans HoldAssembly DebateGeneral Election Update on racesFor November, Page 5Designers LookBack For New ParkNew Design Plans For ProspectP B eroM IXram's Next Wavem i The Work'sin Cage, Page 11'Cleveland' Is ANice Place To VisitB A C A D o w n to w n 's M ostRecent Show Reviewed, Page 15A Work InProgress Opens1 /-v%u2014 -*%u2022*. f! m * J I ^ AVCM fVII n v %u00ab U J t *%u00abV%u00ab MtM vyju>v*a^Sunday. In terview, P age T9Cuomo Addresses Church And StateProblems At Brooklyn Diocese LectureGovernor Mario Cuomo and his wife M atilda received warm reception.(Phoenix/Koch Photo)BY LIZ KOCHWhile pro-life activists sustained a prolonged chant outside the windows o f the St. James Pavilion, Governor M ario Cuom o addressed a largely receptive audience inside the building on the evening o f October 9, and continued the debate on the role o f Catholic politicians and the importance o f dissent within the Catholic church. The speaking engagement came on the heels o f last m onth%u2019s controversy when Cuomo challenged a directive issued by the Archdiocese o f New York that advised its pastors not to invite speakers who opposed the Catholic doctrine to speak at church functions.The Governor referred to both the recent controversy and the question o f dissent among theologians in his speech to the 300 people in attendance at the first of the Peter Turner Lectures at the St. James Cathedral. Cuom o also reiterated his past statements on the differences between the personal realm o f religion and the public world o f politics; a position for which he has been criticized by abortion opponents.Although his speech went largely uninterrupted, when he firststepped to the podium, receiving a standing ovation from the audience, a num ber of people began shouting at him to close gay bars and baths in New York City.Reading from a prepared text, Cuom o claimed no expertise as a theologian but portrayed himself asa lay Catholic and as a politician. %u201c I am here as an old fashioned Catholic who sins, struggles, worries and gets confused and generally feels better after confession, and I am here as a politician,%u201d he told the audience. Addressing the issue Continued on Pune 1M l rider Elkm N uzri, Councilm em bsr Abe Gerges andBorough President Howard G olden give the thum bs up forthe continuation of the M anhattan to Brooklyn route.(Phoenix/Koch)Demonstration ToKeep B-51 Bus RollingW ith only one m onth left on the trial run of the B-51 bus from Brooklyn to M anhattan, Borough President How ard Golden and City Councilmember Abe Gerges joined a rally sponsored by the Brooklyn Civic Council to save the bus. The bus, which has increased its ridership over the summer by 10 percent, still falls short o f the necessary number o f passengers needed to fulfill the requirements o f 70% full set by the Metropolitan Transit Authority. The TA threatened to cancel the bus in M ay and then extended its trial period until November 2. Gerges then joined the supporters of the bus in a trip across the river.The 30 Deopie who attended the rally at the Fulton St. stop for the bus on September 30 accused the Transit Authority o f deliberately neglect -Contmued on Pane 4