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v. i vwv.v 1, DIGEST pagm 3 CLOSEUP pag 6 SUBWAY REPAIR pag 6 tl- CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Ifl TWI5 SECTION XQ 1 tfTirHim.a- "-TT'ifin r.ii...-ii 1 ment "It's an infill. We are looking to build housing within housing that's already there." Some skeptics But elected officials and members of Community Board 14 say they are skeptical about the city's intentions. "Look at Arverne," said State Sen. Andrew Jenkins (D-St Albans).

"Nothing happened in (over 20) years. Peo- pie have a justifiable right to be cautious with what the government tells them." The Arverne Urban Renew DAILY NEWS of the Community Board and a resident of Edgemere, said home-owners don't want to be forced out just when the area might be on the verge of economic recovery. A renaissance "We just want to make sure that home-owners who have stayed here and fought against drug-dealers and tried to make the area viable not be pushed out just when the community is reaching a renaissance," he said. Jenkins and Cooper said they are also concerned that 5tl Heights, hasn't met its payroll in six Monday.Octofcer 9, 1 9S3 800 units of "affordable" housing will overtax streets, sewer systems, and schools. Concannon said the number of units could be changed if environmental studies now under way show that local services cannot accommodate 800 units.

The units will be financed with $25 million to be paid to the city by developers seeking to build 10,000 units of market-rate housing on city-owned land in Arverne. The 800 units would be for families earning between $25,000 and $50,000 annually. weeks and its owner has asked "It's an important institution to the community and it would be a shame to see it closed," Manton said. Green could not be reached for comment Friday. Pendola said his company would not assume any of Green's old debts.

However, starting next week. Preferred Health Network will assume the payroll for the remaining workers, he said. "My main job is to rebuild credibility," Pendola said. "When people see that the Health Department wants to maintain a facility herepet)-p'e will return.kd.'ike hospital will go back to business as usual." US'. -tifSri i ii uIDsn By JAMES DAP Daily News Staff Writer In a move that is alarming many home owners, the city wants to declare more than 14 blocks of the Rockaway Peninsula an Urban Renewal area The designation, which must be approved by the City Planning Commission and is at least a year away, would give the city power to condemn properties to make way for 800 units of "affordable" housing in the Edgemere section.

Local officials say about 100 privately owned homes are in the targeted area, which lies between Beach 35th and Beach 49th Sts. north of the A Train subway line. Officials of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development said they expect to seize only vacant lots not homes. "We don't anticipate any relocation at all," said Diana Concannon for the depart- vle for prizes The annual building awards competition of the Queens Chamber of Commerce ha's drawn 45 entries this year, the.most in the 20-year history of the contest, according to Chamber President Domi-nick Ciampa. "It indicates to me that the industry is alive and well," Ciampa said, "and more importantly, it means that economic growth is on the upswing." The competition is open to owners, architects, and builders of new or rehabilitated structures that were mostly completed from Sept 1, 1 988, to last Sept 1.

The panel of judges will award plaques to the top entrants in 12 categories. Among them are public buildings, schools and colleges, factories and warehouses, office buildings, religious buildings, and apartment houses. The remaining categories are residences, hotels and motels, artistic and community improvements, airport structures, rehabilitations, and commercial properties. Winners will be announced at the Chamber's annual dinner Dec. 5 at Antun's, Queens For information, call al Area, which is just half a mile from Edgemere, was cleared of homes and businesses in the late 1960s to make room for new housing that has yet to be built Jenkins said that the owners of homes in Edgemere are fearful that the city will have to seize homes because it will not have enough open land to build on.

The area comprises many acres of environmentally sensitive wetlands that are protected under state law, he. added. Stephen Cooper, a member 34th Ave. and 37th St. in Jackson over management ot tne Tacuiry.

Pendola said. The management change-over must be -approved by the state Department of Health. In recent months, the hospital has steadily lost patients and staff, officials say. Although it is certified for 115 beds and once employed over 250 workers, it now has only 13 patients and about 60 employes. Many workers have quit or gone on unemployment because Green has not paid them in almost seven weeks, said Aubrey McConney, the head of Local 144 of the Ho-.

tel. Hospital, -and Nursing -Home Workers' Union, which represented over 175 workers at Physicians n)uM uuturnuu.dmlvkeas Metis SI DQDSlDDSIlSi PAY UP: The Physicians Hospital, at rieieneu nediui oire, io iaKe mm By JAMES DAP Daily News Staff Writer The owner of Physicians Hospital in Jackson Heights, which has not met its payroll in more than six weeks and owes the government about $1 million in back taxes, has asked an outside corporation to take over the management of the facility. Preferred Health Care, a non-profit corporation that also runs Wyckoff Hospi-tal4 in Brooklyn, will begin managing the troubled hospital on an interim basis starting tomorrow, said the company's Charles. Pendola. W-V- V.V- HoweverjDr Ia.

A. Green will continue as the owner of the hospital and its property, McConney said the union is contemplating a class-action suit against Green to collect back wages. According to Rep. Thomas Manton (D-Sunnyside), the hospital also owes the U.S. Government about $1 million in back taxes.

Manton said he had intervened with the Internal Revenue Service earlier this year to delay foreclosure proceedings against the hospital. Liens imposed However, Green has failed to obtain financing to re-pay the debt, causing the IRS to slap liens on the hospital and its property which may be worth more than $8 million, Manton said..