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said has been waiting for a liver transplant was rushed to Lutheran Medical Center, where she underwent surgery. "It's really tragic," said Anna Sottile, Irene's aunt by marriage. "We're waiting to see about the mother. We're waiting for some good news." Police said the motive for the shooting was unclear and that the investigation was continuing. Sottile said neither Pizzingrillo had been in trouble before.

The slayings took place across the street from the home of Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner, who was in Washington at the time. He said the three-family house where the victims' car was parked has been a troublesome spot, with families moving in and out, he said. Otherwise, the neighborhood is a peaceful, middle-class community. "It's a low-crime area," Weiner said.

With Melissa Grace By OR EN YANIV and TRACY CONNOR DAILY NEWS WRITERS Two Brooklyn friends were shot dead and the mother of one was critically wounded when an argument erupted into gunfire on a Sheepshead Bay streetcorner yesterday. Relatives said Irene Pizzingrillo, 48, had just picked up her son, Joseph Pizzingrillo, 23, and his unidentified pal on Avenue and E. 15th St. when the noontime dispute unfolded across the street from a congressman's house. A man with a gun approached the car, angry words were exchanged and several shots were fired, police said.

The shooter, described as a stocky, middle-aged man wearing brown clothing, escaped on foot, cops said. The woman and one of the men fell close to the car, and the other victim managed to run 40 to 50 yards down E. 15th St. before he collapsed and died. "I heard shots and I picked up the shade to look out the window, and I saw two guys lying down," said Oma Herbstman, 35, who lives two houses down on Avenue V.

"The front door of the car was open. One of the guys was lifting his head, crying, and one man was shouting to the cops, 'They went that way! They went that Dominic Rutigliano, 70, who lives around the corner, said he heard five shots. "By the time I ran out, I saw a man running and collapsing in front of the house," he said. Bodies in street Rutigliano said he saw two victims lying in the street, one near the right side of the car and the other at the rear. The man "ran over and fell by the fire hydrant, and that was the end of him," he said.

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36J" legend Whitey Ford CRAH3 WARGA I Police investigate the scene of a triple shooting yesterday when an argument turned deadly in Sheeps head Bay, Brooklyn. Two friends were shot dead, and the mother of one of the men was rushed to the hospital for surgery. IPauiinig ray itoir sroadO mmcseirv back to his pitching roots in Astoria, Queens. Discover why playing in pinstripes is undeniably special in this excerpt from "Pride of October" by The News' Bill Madden. SEE PAGES 36-37 Lottery New York Midday: 762 Win Four: 6625 Evening: 825 Win Four: 9288 Pick 10: 2 13-14-15-23-25-26-27-29 32-3943-48-54-56067-70-73-79 Take 5: 13-18-20-27-30 Lotto: 14-16-25-26-27-35 Bonus: 48 Friday Mega Millions: 1-12-32-48-51 Mega Ball: 29 New Jersey Pick 3: 623 Pays $264 Box: $44.50 Pairs: $26.50 Pick Four: 5176 Pays $3,331 Box: $138.50 Cash 5: 1-9-15-16-27 Lotzee: 40-43-70-71 Connecticut Daily Number: 101 Play Four: 7947 Cash 5: 5-17-26-27-28 By PETE D0N0HUE DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Even as pothole crews blitz the boroughs, the city Transportation Department is cutting back on major street renovations which could spell more bumpy roads in the future.

During the current fiscal year, the DOT expects to mill and pave 694 lane miles, and plans to do an additional 694 lane miles in the next fiscal year. In the early 1990s, the city routinely resurfaced at least 1,000 lane miles, "You never fix a pothole by just filling it," Lucius Riccio, former city transportation commissioner. "That's temporary. You have to fix the street A pothole is an indication that the street is failing." The streets failing now are a direct result of not enough total rehabilitation done in the last decade, said Riccio, who teaches engineering and public policy at Columbia University. Milling and paving essentially call for digging several inch mm Metal sheet hits 2 in Times Sq.

A large metal sheet tumbled from the top of the Bertelsmann Building spire yesterday, leading officials to close a swath of Times Square for hours. Two pedestrians a 26-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man suffered minor shoulder injuries when they were hit by the 13-foot-long piece of decorative metal, police said. "I saw it come from the sky," said Keith Santangelo, a host at the Planet Hollywood restaurant in the building at 1540 Broadway. "It almost hit me." Cops said high winds probably cause the metal strip to fall. It blew across Broadway and Seventh Ave.

before striking its victims outside the Marriott Marquis hotel. Broadway and Seventh Ave. between 42nd and 46th Sts. were closed to vehicles immediately after the 3 p.m. incident.

Pedestrians were barred from the avenues between 45th and 46th Sts. The streets were expected to reopen this morning. Kerry Burke and Melissa Grace DAILY NEWS PHONES: Main Number (212) 215-2100 CtaMMed Ad (212) 949-2000 Horn Delivery 80O-692-NEWS Newsstand Circulation (212) 681-3300 News Tips (212) 210-NEWS Get the best sports, news, entertainment gossip at the Daily News web site, www.nydailyriew8.com es beneath a street's surface in large swaths and putting down a new layer of asphalt. A DOT spokesman said the harsh winter shortened the work season, decreasing the amount that could be done this year. Forty seasonal workers who typically toil from March through December doing occasional pothole repairs but primarily total street rehabs were not brought back this year, dropping the staff to about 700 from about 660, DOT spokesman Tom Cocola said.

Weinshall said that if the city endures more rough winters like the last one, the agency may have to increase its target of lane miles to be fixed. but in the past two years, the city's average was 765 miles. Making matters worse is the fact that the DOT also has reduced its street and arterial maintenance staff. "I had to cut back on my capital plan," Commissioner Iris Weinshall said, citing the city's budget woes. The staff reduction and scaled back road work will save the DOT about $8 million, Weinshall said.

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