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tm ot ksa YAOfiuTue wt rii ot fha vacua? vAaoT 4 (4 ftkJarOcbbeF21, 1988 mm CoJDVyDDBdU GJli LTLUs Fosh restaurant 'Jffe' ire- i 4- By OWEN HTZOEWALD 0 SUA Mmtgr The operator of a Long Island yacht club was named yesterday to create a $17 million upscale restaurant and food emporium on the city's historic fireboat pier at Battery Park. The 102-year-old. 300-foot Pier with its Victorian-, style green roof and white walls, also will serve as headquarters for the state-funded 1992. The plan must clear the Board of Estimate, city and state landmark preservation agencies before construction can begin. Fine food, great views Koch said yesterday that "this is a marriage of two of the city's strongest assets, its food and its waterfront" Diners at an upper-level "white linen" restaurant and a lower level, inexpensive food emporium will "enjoy an incomparable view of new York Harbor and the Statue of Liberty," he said.

The deal with Wings Point includes an initial, 32-year lease with two nine-year renewal options. Annual lease payments will be based on a percentage of appraised value for the first 12 years, with reappraisals in years 13, 23, 33 and 42. Beverly Hills, Wednesday night Fundraiser was for benefit of Princess Grace Foundation-USA, which aids struggling film, dance and theater artists. Sinatra is member of board that selects the winners. YOU'D NEVER KNOW that Princess Stephanie of Monaco is the daughter of Princess Grace, would you? She joins Frank Sinatra, who knew her mom when she was plain old Grace Kelly, at special gala tribute to Cary Grant in saeoD Ffej if Iteo9 Harbor Park Visitors Center, which will provide information about the history of transportation and immigration in the city.

The Fire Department's Marine Division and its fire boats will continue to use the pier. The three-story structure once housed the city's old Dock Department and the police harbor unit The Apple gets a bite The city will get a percentage of the restaurant's gross receipts and a percentage of capital transactions proceeds. The venture is expected to create 111 permanent jobs and 135 construction jobs. "I've waited for this for 11 years," exulted Mayor Koch as he and city development officials introduced developer Carole Taylor, president of Wings Point Associates at City Hall. Her firm, which outbid four others, operates a yacht club in East Hampton and a ferry restoration in Vermont The emporium is not expected to be operational until Cops lacked warrant By SUSAN M1LUGAN News Albany Bureau ALBANY A Bronx man who confessed to police several times that he slashed his girlfriend's throat must be given a new murder trial because he was arrested without a warrant, the state's highest court said yesterday.

In a 5-to-2 decision, the Court of Appeals threw out the second-degree murder conviction of Bernard Harris, 35, and said his spoken, written and videotaped confes- sions may not be used to convict him again. The court overturned a lower court ruling upholding the conviction. Harris, who argued his own case in written briefs before the high court, will be moved from the maximum-security Great Meadow state prison to Rikers Island pending a new trial, state prison spokesman James Flateau said. According to court papers, police went to Harris' home on Jan. 16, 1984, to arrest him.

He let them in and said, "I'm glad you came for me." Harris poured himself a glass of wine and police read him his rights. They asked him about the death of his former girlfriend, Thelma Staton. Harris told police he loved Staton, but slashed her throat mm because she was not bringing their child up "right," the court papers said. Harris was taken to the police station, where he signed a written confession and admitted guilt on videotape. But the Court of Appeals said the confessions were inadmissible because a warrant is needed to arrest someone inside his home.

The Bronx district attorney's office argued that Harris' confessions were valid because they were made voluntarily. the prosecution said, the police station confessions were not tainted by the illegal arrest because they happened after Harris and police left his home. Dissenting view Chief Judge Sol Wachtler, in a dissenting opinion, agreed with the prosecution. Yesterday's decision might increase police misconduct by encouraging officers to question suspects when they do not have enough evidence for an arrest, he warned. Harris, who studied physics as an undergraduate in Africa and journalism as a graduate student in England, works as a paralegal at Great Meadow, Flateau said.

With a salary of $1.45 a day; Harris is the highest-paid Inmate in the facility, Flateau said. ed patches to be worn by Customs inspectors commemorating the agency's 200th anniversary, their union said. The shipment of Canadian-made patches was seized in Buffalo. Uncle Sam pays UN UNITED NATIONS -The United States paid an additional $28.8 million toward its back dues yesterday, reducing its regular-budget arrears to $337.5 million, a UN spokesman reported. Pinochet cabinet quits SANTIAGO, Chile President Au-gusto Pinochet's cabinet resigned yes- terday, the government announced.

Opponents hoped the move would clear the way for talks on democratic reforms. mously passed by the City Council yesterday. It raises the household after-tax income limit from the present $12,025 to $15,000 and is expected to make an additional 3,000 older people eligible for the rent income exemption benefit Hurricane Joan claims 26 MANAGUA, Nicaragua Hurricane Joan left at least 11 people dead in Venezuela and then sent tens of thousands of people fleeing for safety as it closed in on Central America yesterday with heavy rain and 105-mph winds. In Colombia, the National Emergency Committee said the storm killed 15 people and injured 50. Un-Customary action WASHINGTON Customs Service 195G for libel center The Libel Defense Resource Center, which serves as an information clearinghouse for developments in libel law, has received a three-year, $195,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to study the impact of libel suits on the First Amendment rights of "non-media" defendants.

The grant also establishes a fellowship for three students annually at New York University Law School. Rent bill aids seniors A bill raising the annual income-level cap rpc scaicy.cUiien3.taau9U&.fpCt rent-increase exemptions was unani From DaiiyJNews bureau arstSSM wire service reports inspectors. yesterday seized as an illegal shipment-an order of 5,000 import.