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James Brennan Eileen Dugan Roger GreenContinued From Preceding Pageofficials and it also received mixed reviews.The State legislation was passed on theheels of the City%u2019s recent corruption scandalsand the Democratic-controlled Assembly hadtrouble convincing the Republicans in theSenate that anti-political corruptionmeasures should be adopted for the entirestate.Miller, the chairman of the Assembly%u2019sCodes Committee, where the measure wasdebated, says he thought the compromise attempts were %u201cdoomed to fail%u2019%u2019 and that theAssembly %u201cwent too far with a compromise.%u201dAttempts to deal with possible corruption byState officials, including the ban on practicing law before State agencies and to establisha public campaign financing system were unsuccessful.%u201cYou can%u2019t fault the Assem bly,%u201d saysBrennan, %u201cthe Senate just refused to go alongon campaign finance.%u201dThe implication that corruption in the Statewas largely a New York City problem was hitby the Brooklyn delegates. %u201cAnyone sayingcorruption doesn%u2019t exist upstate ismistaken,%u201d says Senator Markowitz, who accuses the Senate Republicans of hinderingagreement on this and a large number of important bills.But according to one of his colleagues,Brooklyn%u2019s only Republican delegate, StateSenator Christopher Mega of the 23rd S.D. ofPark Slope and Bay Ridge, these accusationsare misleading. %u201cNo matter what you do,there is always a political overtone,%u201d he says.%u201cThe fact is that the corruption is cityoriented, though I would have supportedstate-wide m easures.%u201dDespite the lone voice of Mega, theRepublican Senate still frustrated most ofBrooklyn%u2019s Democratic legislators.Assemblyman Roger Green of the 57th A.D.that stretches from Ft. Greene through partsof Bedford-Stuyvesant to Crown Heights,calls the Senate %u201cobdurate%u201d on issues important to him. %u201cThe Senate did not want to workwith the Governor this year and give him anyadditional credits,%u201d he says.One key issue that appears to be stuck inthe middle of the battle between the Senateand the Assembly was a plan to subsidize thepurchase of prescription drugs by seniorcitizens. %u201cIt was a major failure,%u201d saysDugan, who expects a special session to becalled this fall to work the problem out.%u201cThe program is tremendouslyexpensive,%u201d says Miller about its potential$125 million cost, %u201cand that is the major problem. We have to work out a program that isaffordable.%u201dThe Republicans have proposed a programrequiring an annual membership fee, a copayment and a low income cut-off level. TheDemocrats did not like any of these provisions. Dugan expects that a compromise willeventually be worked out that will require aco-payment, but no membership fee.While most of these issues received a greatdeal of state-wide attention, Assemblymembers and State Senators also tookseveral local concerns to Albany. Few havesuccessfully gone through either chamberand many of the younger members are learning the Albany political game through theseattempts and say that in the next sessic n theywill be looking for the suport of more seniormembers of the legislature.Three of the Black representatives fromthe Bedford-Stuyvesant area, Montgomery,%u00ab%u00bb______J n ____ ______A.__1. J . . 4L.v c u m c u m u i c c i i , v v i i w c u u a M u w i v v w band education of toddlers.Vann says, %u201cWe had a tremendous year expanding day-care programs.%u201d Through hisChildren and Fam ily Committee, Vann wasable to increase funding for foster-care.Looking At Their Albany Efforts:Some Personal HighlightsO f The 1986 SessionPersonal DisappointmentsOf The 1986 SessionIN THE ASSEMBLY: IN THE ASSEMBLY:BRENNAN (51st AD)Funding for low and moderateincome housingDUGAN (52nd AD)Budget negotiationsGREEN (57th AD)Appointment of Adelaide Sanford toState Board of RegentsLENTOL (50th AD)Toxic Torts Insurance LegislationMILLER (44th AD)Money for educationVANN (56 AD)Expansion of day-care programsBRENNAN (51st AD)No senior prescription drug legislationDUGAN (52nd AD)No senior prescription drug legislationGREEN (57th AD)No pre-natal care legislationLENTOL (50th AD)No legislation to deal fairly withhomeless sheltersMILLER (44th AD)No senior prescription drug programVANN (56 AD)No senior prescription drug legislationIN THE SENATE:IN THE SENATE:CONNOR (25th SD)No senior prescription drug legislationMARKOWITZ (21st SD)Did not make Medgar-Evers afour-year collegeMEGA (23rd SD)No senior prescription drug legislationMONTGOMERY (22nd SD)No state-wide funding forpre-kindergarten classesCONNOR (25th SD)Toxic Tort Insurance LegislationMARKOWITZ (21st SD)Housing Trust Fund LegislationMEGA (23rd SD)RICO LegislationMONTGOMERY (22nd SD)Time-of-Day Metering LegislationThe following is a list of economic development, education, cultural and seniorcitizen projects in the Downtown Brownstone area that received State assistancethrough the efforts of members of Brooklyn%u2019s Assembly and State Senate. Some projects were credited to the efforts of the representatives listed after the project andthe budget amounts were not available on some of the others:LOCAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY:Fifth Avenue Committee, $23,000 %u2014 Brennan, Miller, Green, Montgomery.Fifth Avenue Local Development Corporation, $38,000 %u2014 Brennan, Miller.Advance Local Development Corporation, $45,000 %u2014 Green, Montgomery.Prospect Lefferts Garden Neighborhood Association, $24,000 %u2014 Green, Montgomery.Heights and Hill Community Council %u2014 Connor, Dugan.Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Council %u2014 Dugan.Brooklyn Heights Association %u2014 Connor, Dugan.Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation %u2014 Dugan.Brooklynworks.Crown Heights Food Coop %u2014 Green.EDUCATION ACTIVITY:P.S. 107 %u2014 $65,000 (state refund) %u2014 Brennan.P.S. 154 %u2014 $55,000 %u2014 Brennan.Park Slope Neighborhood Family Center, $15,000 %u2014 Brennan, Miller.Camp Friendship, $2,500 %u2014 Brennan.Ronald Edmonds Learning Center, $30,000 %u2014 Green, Montgomery.Community School District 15, Cultural Enrichment Program %u2014 $25,000 %u2014 Green,Miller, Montgomery.P.S. 32, $5,000 %u2014 Green, Montgomery.Downtown Brooklyn High Tech Employment and Training %u2014 $200,000.New York City Technical College %u2014 $225,000.Medgar-Evers Collage, $700,000.Carroll Gardens College of Neighborhood Women %u2014 Dugan.CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS:Brooklyn Museum, $250,000.Brooklyn Botanic Garden, $225,000.New Muse Museum, $330,000.Prospect Park Environmental Center, $80,000.A rt e r\\. in rBrooklyn Historical Society %u2014 Dugan.FOR SENIOR CITIZENS:Fort Greene Senior Citizens Council, $25,000 %u2014 Green, Montgomery.St. Charles Jubilee Senior Citizen Center %u2014 Dugan.Albert Vanndelivery to $1.9 million and for private fostercare agencies to $4 million.Both Montgomery and Green spent considerable tim e working on pre-natal carelegislation in the Assembly and the Senate.Infant mortality rates among Blacks andHispanics is 26 per 1,000, compared to a national average of 9 per 1,000, and is higherthan 40 of the world%u2019s lesser developed countries, according to Green, who also chairs theNew York State Black and Puerto RicanCaucus. Sixty-eight percent of Green%u2019s constituents are Black and Hispanic.The bill passed the Assembly, but despite atwo-year effort by Montgomery, the Senatefailed to take action.Roger Green calls the Senateobdurate on issues: TheSenate did not want to workwith the Governor this yearand give him any extra creditMontgomery did have one major successwith a bill she sponsored with another firstterm Assemblymember, Jim Brennan, thatrequires utility companies to report the timeof-day when consumers use most of theirenergy so they know when to be morecareful. %u201cIt%u2019s a wonderful opportunity to helputility users save m oney,%u201d she says of thefuture.Lentol and Mega also managed to team upand help pass legislation making the sale ofcontrolled drugs within 1000 feet of schoolproperty a more serious offense. %u201cIt doubledthe penalty and sent out a m essage to thosewho sell drugs to children,%u201d says Mega.Mega, the Senator from Bay Ridge, who ischairman of the Senate Crime and CorrectionCommittee, also credits cooperation withMiller for passage of legislation that allowspeople engaged in organized crime to be prosecuted for a pattern of criminal activities ina sim ilar way to the Federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act(RICO). %u201cIt%u2019s a great tool for state prosecutors,%u201d says Mega, who is a practicing attorney.Miller, also a lawyer, says, %u201cIt is a goodorganized crim e law without the civil liberties problems of the Federal RICO law .%u201dWith a special legislative session expectedto be called after the September primaryelections, Brooklyn legislators have severalissues they would still like to resolve. In addition to the prescription drug subsidies forsenior citizens, Miller also expects to have toconsider a renewal of taxes that finance theMetropolitan Transit Authority as well aschanges in the State%u2019s tax code to conformwith any expected revisions in the Federalcode.One of the more ironic issues that Greensays he will raise in the coming session is thedivestment of State pension monies fromcompanies doing business in South Africa.Both the Senate and Assembly passed divestment legislation for companies doingbusiness in Northern Ireland whodiscriminate against the Catholic Minority.Both Lentol and Green had expected this billto %u201cpave the way%u201d for a sim ilar one for SouthAfrica.Affgin (Troon nlnim a th o Konnto w as th ereal problem as the Assembly passed adivestment bill, 99 to 38. %u201cWe are now approaching it from a bi-partisan strategy,%u201d hesays, hoping to stay away from any furtherhokilities with the Republican leadership.August 14,1986, THE PHOENIX, Pugs 5