Daily News from New York, New York • 195

0t CLASSIFIED ADVERTISES IN THIS SECTION A slice of (Sod's Hc-u'3 In his apartment overlooking the noontime bustle of Eighth St in the East Village, Tony sits shivering under several blankets, waiting for his daily meaL Tony, who worked as an accountant, has had AIDS for almost two years. Until recently, he was able to hold on -jp -Z- Thursday. March 31. 1968 By KEITH MOORE Daily News Stan Wmer Close to one hundred senior citizens, many of them medically dependent, have been closeted in their Harlem apartments as virtual prisoners for more than two months because their building lacks elevator service Some are like Elaine en-tour, an 85-year old diabetic resident of the Mannie L. Wilson Towers who only got out when she was carried from the fifth floor of the nine-story building to and from a doctor's appointment Others are like Ernestine Allen.

70. who says she had a heart attack after negotiating seven flights of stairs. Now she stays home. And 67-year-old Evelyn a God's Love We Deliver. prepare food at to a part-time job, but now a 1 nn Lucas said a broken pipe in the sub-basement of the building, which is the former Sydenham Hospital, had flooded equipment that controls the elevators.

He said an apparent "backlog" at the elevator company had kept him from getting a part needed to make the elevators run. He said the 92 tenants, who have lived there for little more than a year since the former hospital reopened as a seniors residence, were taking it "pretty good." But Luberta Ferguson, a home attendant who takes care of Ventour, was in a quandary yesterday. "The doctor won't issue any new medication without seeing her in person. and the elevators don't work. DAILY NEWS the evening.

They said it is being land-banked (boarded up) until (or if ever) ridership increases. Meanwhile, the Tremont Station also is scheduled for closing on weekends. Ferrer said that the railroad has not made a sincere effort in a generation to get people to use the Melrose Stations. It is dirty, dangerous and depressing, Ferrer added, as he led a tour through the station, where signs of "crack" viles could be seen and most of the overhead lighting had been removed by vandals. The railroad, Ferrer said, should be doing something to improve this station and to arket it-to increase rider ship, not close it.

omc CiQ 0 I I 1 1 kup to the corner grocery is a day s.work. Tony is one of 85 clients who receive a meal cooked and delivered by God's Love We Deliver, a non-profit group that serves homebound people with AIDS throughout Manhattan. "I honestly don't know what I would do without God's Love," Tony said. "This food is great I've actually gained back a few pounds." The service was started two years ago by two Manhattan businesswomen, Ganga Stone and Jane Best, who both gave up successful careers and steady paychecks to launch it Their inspiration came from their volunteer work at Cabrini Hospice, where they were shocked to learn of desperately ill people with AIDS who were alone in their apartments, unable to feed themselves. "So many people with AIDS don't want to eat, said Michael Bertish, one of the group's first volunteers and now its full-time business manager.

"Many of them have See MANHATTAN REPORT Page 6 Towe said she came down with an asthma attack after going out once to the bank. "I haven't done anything but look at TV and talk on the telephone" since the elevator broke down in January, she said. "My children come in from New Jersey to do the shopping for me," she added. And it may take a while before that changes. Maurice Callender, the building's owner, said it would be "two to three weeks', before service is restored to one of two elevators in the building at 565 Manhattan Ave.

Service in the other elevator may take an additional week, said Bill Lucas, the building's managing agent Si Hi home to one hundred senior citizens with Manhattan and the suburbs to its north and thus damning the Bronx to a self-fulfilling prophecy." Eisland added, "By doing this, Metro-North is supporting planned shrinkage of the area rather than using sophisticated marketing tools to attract new Ferrer said that plans include 4,000 to 5,000 new units of residential construction within walking distance of the Melrose Station, and the creation by a private developer of an $80-million shopping center and office complex. The station is being closed, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, because it lias only 20 passe gers in the morning and 20 in if i trip from his sixth-floor wal- judges to the state Court of Appeals if the charges prove true, including removal from office. Dont lot it rlso Due to a scheduling conflict the American Red Cross in Greater New York has had to cancel the free blood-pressure screening test scheduled for tomorrow at the East Harlem Maintenance Center. For more information about scheduling and sites, telephone (212) 787-1000, extension 8885. Ilelpor burnout The College for Human Services is sponsoring a one-day conference today for social service professionals entitled "The Burnout Crisis With the Human Service Profession," from 9 a.m.

to 4 p.m. at The Elizabeth Irwin High School, 40 Charleton St in Manhattan. r. 0 MANN1S L. WILSON TOWERS is Ry JOHN LEWIS DMy Neac Staff While workmen were busy sinking cement posts in prep aration for the closing on Monday of the Melrose Station on the Harlem-New Haven Line, Bronx political leaders yesterday held a press conference in a last-ditch effort to keep it open.

Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer was joined outside the station by Coun-cilwoman June Eisland, the chairman of the Transportation Committee, to protest against the station's closing. Ferrer accused Metro-North of undermining the re-vitalization of the area "by removing one of its prime attractionscommuter train service linking the borough Judge's now job State Supreme Court Justice Myriara Altman has been selected as a member of the state Commission on Judicial Conduct by the state chief judge, Sol Wachtler. Altman will begin a four-year term on the commission Friday. According to the state Office of Court Administration, Altman will succeed state Supreme Court Justice Felice Shea, also of New York City, who served on the commission for a decade. Wachtler appoints three of the 11 members of the commission.

By law, all must be judges. Other members are selected by state legislative leaders and the governor. The commission investigates charges of -misconduct against judges in New York State and is empowered to recommend sanctions against c-'om ers2 ram mil it..