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Ol" 1 ini 1 i 1 i i I i i l.t 1 i I i 1 1 111 IF mi AY i 5 tsmrti 1(0 NOW Matthew Perry bids Chandler goodbye and talks to The News about life without page 23 Chef files suit to get his eatery makes hundreds of meatballs, according to the lawsuit The suit also accuses Chodorow of trying to save money by taking such drastic measures as firing the E. 22nd St eatery's fresh pasta makers and serving patrons gasp! frozen pasta. The suit is the latest salvo in a food fight that began in February, when Chodorow filed a lawsuit charging DiSpirito with wasting money while running the Italian restaurant But in a countersuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, DiSpirito put Chodorow on the grill, accusing him and his company, China Grill Management, of cooking the books at Rocco's to make it seem as though it's losing money. China Grill Management's lawyer, Laurance Kaiser, called that allegation "categorically untrue." DiSpirito also charges his ex-partner with changing the locks on the restaurant and refusing to give him a key. DiSpirito's lawyer, Jane Stevens, said her client now "has no control over the restaurant" "The Restaurant" kicks off its new season on April 19 at 9 p.m.

A LOWDOWN James Caviezel goes from Savior to swinger, playing golf great Bobby Jones in upcoming movie. PAGE 25 RUSH which soccer champ's torrid messages to an ex-aide have his singer wife in tears? PAGE 26 By HELEN PETERSON DAILY NEWS STAff WRITER Mamma mia! Celebrity restaurateur Rocco DiSpirito filed a $6 million lawsuit yesterday, claiming he has been locked out of his Rocco's on 22nd joint that's the star of the NBC reality show "The Restaurant The celebrity chef also accuses estranged partner Jeffrey Chod-orow of slicing and dicing costs by withholding staff salaries and cutting culinary comers at the Manhattan restaurant. Among those who saw their wages go up in smoke were DiSpirito's 79-year-old mother, Nicolina, even though she goes to the restaurant every day and (Ylike calls timeout in sky scrape By MICHAEL SAUL and PETE DONOHUE OAny News stajt writers Mayor Bloomberg halted outdoor construction at the tower- ing Time Warner Center yesterday a day after a 22-inch piece of metal plummeted from the building, striking a Harlem man's arm. "They continue to jeopardize everybody in this city," Bloomberg said of contractors working at the troubled skyscraper. "We are not going to have to walk down the streets and look up all the time at a building wondering whether something's going to come off it." Jake Clark, 60, was not seriously hurt when the metal chunk grazed his arm, missing his head by inches, amid high winds.

But Ilyse Fink, a spokeswoman for the Buildings Department, said Related Management Company was hit with two summonses Sunday, including failure to safeguard the public and property. They've been ordered to come up with a safety plan, she said. The city's 48-hour stop-work order follows several summonses issued to construction companies for falling material at the complex at Columbus Circle. Building management blamed high winds for Sunday's dangerous free-fall. Workers have inspected the 3 acres of roof space "to insure that all areas are free of debris," according to a statement.

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