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Petitioning BeginsContinued from Page 6at work for many months on his own comeback try for the general election, but isn%u2019t likely to face a primary.25th SENATE DISTRICTThe 25th Senate District is split between West Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island and Senate Minority Whip Martin Connor of Brooklyn Heights represents the district in Albany. Connor, a reform Democrat from the West Brooklyn Independent club is not expected to face a re-election challenge.21st SENATE DISTRICT Martin Markowitz represents this Flatbush and East Flatbush district that has a large number of West-Indian and American Black constituents. Markowitz is being opposed in the primary by Maurice Gumbs and the race appears to be dividing up on racial lines. The district was reapportioned under the Federal Voting Rights Act to include a majority of black voters, but Markowitz has won the seat twice before against black opponents.Gumbs is lining up the endorsements of leading black politicians in the borough. At a recent fundraiser, after receiving the endorsement of Congressman Major R. Owens, Gumbs said, %u201cThis endorsement has an effect on the American and West Indian Black population. This is a signal that we can%u2019t be exploited this way any more.%u201dllih CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT The 11th Congressional District is now represented by Edolphus %u201cEd%u201d Towns who is standing for re-election. The district is heavily Hispanic and Black and two years ago a strong Hispanic candidate, Rafael Esparra,* unsuccessfully sought to unseat Towns in the district which stretches across northern Brooklyn from East New York to Bushwick, Williamsburg, Ft. Greene and Park Slope.The issue then was representation and itwas the only race where a Black w a s -----'against a Hispanic in the country, time, there is no announced Hispai didate, but political observers exp meone to challenge Towns.12th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTMajor R. Owens is running for re-election in this Central Brooklyn district in a race that is sure to present plenty of political fireworks. Owens expects to be opposed by Roy Innis, the national chairman of Congress for Racial Equality (CORE), a neoconservative organization that is challenging the liberal politics of mainstream black politicians. Innis has already received endorsements from several major conservative organizations across the country, even though he has not officially announced his candidacy. He has also recently moved CORE%u2019S national headquarters to the heart of the 12th District, a sure sign he will enter the race.13th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTStephen J. Solarz is the incumbent representative from this district that runs from Greenpoint through Brookyn Heights to Flatbush and Coney Island. Solarz has gained wide attention from his Foreign Affairs Committee post, most recently involving his role in activities that led to the downfall of the Marcos government in the Philippines. Solarz has no opponent at this time.Loft Dwellers Take Issue to CourtBY LIZ KOCHResidential loft tenants in Fulton Ferry, Williamsburg and Greenpoint who are threatened with eviction from their loft homes in manufacturing and commerciallyzoned buildings took their case to N.Y. State Supreme Court, charging that the NYC Board of Estimate imposed requirements in conflict with and stricter than the requirements of the Loft Law when in January it rejected a proposal by the City Planning Commission and created its own plan to afford permanent protection to residents in the three study areas.On May 22, the tenants won a first step in their battle when Justice Lewis Grossman granted a temporary restraining order against the plaintiffs in the case, landlords who had already served or were preparing to serve their tenants eviction notices.The plan presented by the City Planning Commission would have extended protection to those who had been living in their lofts since June 1981 and to buildings which had at least three tenants in occupancy from April 1980 to December 1981.The resolution passed by the Board of Estimate stipulated that residents in those three areas seeking legal, protected status must prove that the building was at least 45 percent residential since June 1981, and although the BOE has set the date for May 31 when tenants must submit papers attesting to the 45 percent occupancy, several landlords have already sent eviction notices to their tenants. Monte Davis, head of the Brooklyn Loft Tenants, says the BOE action is illegal because it violates the State%u2019s Loft Law and that it had passed a plan that they felt was \reviewed by local community boards.The Brooklyn Loft Tenants sought protection for those tenants while they take their issue to court and to dramatize the plight of those artists and others who are among the tenants, sponsored a tour of the three neighborhoods early in May to show some of the affected buildings.%u201cThe ultimate goal is to set aside the 45 percent for grandfathering and ieave the City Planning Commission%u2019s proposal in place,%u201dI said Monte Davis, head of the loft tenant group. The group is now hoping for an injunction to protect the tenants while they are in court with the lawsuit. According to Davis, the judge is expected to make a decision in about three weeks.The group had submitted legal papers to Justice Lewis Grossman, including: an affidavit covering the history of loft tenants in Brooklyn; a memorandum explaining what the group calls the %u201cillegality of the BOE%u2019s decision; and a request for a temporary restraining order to stay evictions now in progress.Eviction notices had already gone to tenants in four buildings, according to Davis.They are: 57 Front Street, owned by Ben Fishbein who is also the owner of the Eagle Warehouse; 45 York Street, owned by David Walentas; 109 S. 5th St. in Williamsburgh; and 220 Water Street, owned by Martin Prince. There are a total of 15 households in the four buildings which have received notices.Tunnel, Strand HearingThe long-abandoned railroad tunnel under Atlantic Avenue and the former Strand Theater were the subjects of a public hearing on May 27 by Community Board Two.The Brooklyn Historic Railway Association has filed application for the grant of a revocable consent to use and maintain the tunnel that runs beneath Atlantic Avenue roughly between Columbia Street and Boerum Place for a period of 50 years. Robert Diamond, head of the association, presented a slide show and history of the tunnel to the 20 people at the hearing, explaining how his group proposes to use the tunnel as a museum and exhibit space.Jerry Haggerty, an Atlantic Avenue resident and p ro p e rty owner and officer of the Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corp., was the only other speaker. He said the project was %u201cimportant to the life of the street, commercially, aesthetically and historically.%u201dThe second hearing, concerning the disposition of the City-owned Strand Theater by the Public Development Corporation, seeks to receive the building from the City and sub-lease it to its current tenant, Promotional Slideguide Corporation, and the other arts related tenants. The building is a part of the Brooklyn Center Urban Renewal Plan.%u201cThe tenants will receive lower rent terms than in the other borough across the river, with 15-year leases plus two five-year extensions and an option to buy,%u201d Hardy Adasco from PDC explained. 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