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NatWest USAWe're making banking betterevery day!Whatever your - banking needs, we have a better answer at NatWest USANational Westminster Bank USAOffices throughout Long Island, New York City and WestchesterA member of the National Westminster Bank GroupMember FDIC(7 1 8) 6 4 3 -2 7 7 0Page 12, The Phoenlx/Brooklyn.lnc Section Two, September 18,1986LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTERWinner of the First American Hospital Association Award ForEXCELLENCE IN COMMUNITY SERVICELutheran Medical Center, 150 55th Street, Brooklynn A * M M n M < r 1J$ %u2014%u25a0Ariv a u l t v u m p a u j i s m u u i u j aiiIs Partly Wired With More ComingBY LIZ KOCHWith cable television wiring alreadyunderway in Bay Ridge and scheduled tomove north up the western edge ofBrooklyn in 1988 and 1989, the promisedborough-wide coverage by a cable networkwas solidified by the City last month whenthe Board of Estimate approved a new planby Cablevisions Systems to bring cable toresidents in the eastern portion of theborough.Long Island-based Cablevision originallywon the contract to bring cable service tothe Bronx and a large portion of Brooklynin 1983, but then was unable to meet theterms of financing required in thecontract. Wamer-Amex won the award forthe borough%u2019s western portion and finallystarted the wiring process earlier this year.Under the original Cablevision contract,the company would have had to raise thetotal amount necessary for construction ofthe two systems, a sum which would havetotaled between $300 and $500 million, according to Dennis Dort, director ofregulatory affairs at the company.Under the new contract, both boroughswill be subdivided into four sections, allowing Cablevision to construct and completeone section before beginning the next. Thissystem allows the company to raise themoney in a staggered fashion, according toDort. Currently, he says, Cablevision has$35 million with which to begin constructionin the Bronx and Brooklyn, beginning in theCanarsie area. Borough President HowardGolden supported the new contract.%u201cIt was not possible for us to raise the entire sum. We were stymied,%u201d Dort says. Thecompany had originally planned to financethe cable construction through the sale oflimited partnerships, but changes in theFederal tax law made that method of financing unfeasible, says Dort. The company%u2019scontract with the City was due to expire inMarch, but the Board of Estimate voted anextension to attempt to reach a compromiseagreement. In the new contract, if the company does not fulfill the terms, Cablevisionwill lose its franchise for unbuilt areas ofthe borough, and the City would have theright to buy the finished areas for the costof their construction.Even though Canarsie has been targetedfor the starting point for its Brooklyn work,no actual construction start has been determined. The company is now seeking licensing for the poles needed for the cable service and is mapping out the area.%u201cThe work will be largely aerial construction which is faster and cheaper thanunderground construction,%u201d Dort explains.Once underway, the work will take approximately 21 months and will ultimately service 40,000 homes in that area.When this first of four phases is completed, the company will have todemonstrate its financial capabilities beforelaunching into the second phase of work.After Canarsie, the company is looking tobegin construction in Bedford Stuyvesantand in its third phase, Bushwick. Cablevision will provide a 70-channel system whichDort says, %u201cmakes everything available.%u201dThe company has yet to determine costs forthe services.If all goes as planned, Cablevision willultimately wire 600,000 homes in Brooklynfor service.As the details have been in the negotiation process over Cablevision%u2019s contract,Queens-based Wamer-Amex has alreadyhooked up its first customers. That firmbegan construction of its cable system inBay Ridge in May and company executiveRichard Aurelio says it will have the firstphase of work, some 40,000 homes, completeby the end of this year.Wamer-Amex received the right to wirethe areas included in Community Boards 1,2, 6, 7 and 10 (the western portion ofBrooklyn) back in 1981 but did not receivethe go-ahead from the City%u2019s Bureau ofLabor Services until July 1985. Now, according to Aurelio, the company is moving fullsteam ahead.%u201cWe are heavy into construction in theCommunity Board 10 area and we will beginconstruction in Sunset Park next year,%u201d hesays. Residents of the Slope/South BrooklynCommunity Board Six area can anticipateconstruction in their area in 1988 and Community Board Two (Downtown/Heights/Ft.Greene), a year later.Small Businesses PlanA Trade Fair ForMinorities In OctoberA Minority Small Business Trade Fairhas been scheduled for Downtown BrooklynOctober 8 and 9, announces CharlesFreeman, regional administrator of theUnited States Small Business Administration. The SB A is co-sponsor of the minoritypurchasing exposition with the Long IslandUniversity Small Business DevelopmentCenter (LIU/SBDC).The event is part of activities plannedfor the celebration of the third annualMinority Enterprise Development Week,proclaimed by President Ronald ReaganThe exposition will be at the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University, DeKalb andFlatbush Avenues, from 9am to 4pm bothdays.The firms who will be exhibiting at thetrade fair are all participants in the SBA%u2019s8(a) Program which provides disadvantaged small firms non-competitive government contracts and assists them in businessdevelopment.%u201cThe Exposition will provide an opportunity for 8(a) companies to meet purchasing agents from government agencies andmajor private sector corporations.%u201d Participating firms will be from New England,New York and New Jersey and will represent all aspects of business from manufacturing to service firms, he says. 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