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PCIASSIFIEIT mmmMmmiMmBmmmm WL BW 1 Friday, November 24, 1989 The story of charity While most people know Westchester as one of the wealthiest counties in the country, the county Historical Society is trying to find out about those less fortunate. The Westchester Community Foundation has given the society a $5,000 grant to support the first phase of a study, "The Haves and Have-Nots: A History of Charity and Philanthropy in Westchester County." Karolyn Wrightson, executive director of the society, said much has been written about the wealth in Westchester, but little has been done about the lives of those who could not provide for their own-basic needs for food, clothing, shelter and health care. Villages and towns once had a variety of institutions, such as almshouses, homes for unwed mothers, old folks' homes and facilities for treating ailments that no longer affect modern society, she said. Also undocumented were the people who ran all these institutions, she said. By DJ.

SAUNDERS Daily News Staff Writer In an effort to make Bryant Park the jewel of parks in the city, a private security force will work with New York City police to keep the area safe when the 150 year-old park is re-opened in late 1990 or early 1991 after a $9 million face-lift. It will be the first park to have its day-to-day operations handled by private not-for-profit corporations. The park is bounded by 40th and 42d and Fifth and Sixth "There is a modern perception that the current problem of the homeless, for example, is new," said Wright-son. The grant will partly underwrite the first phase of the study in which the society will seek to locate records and archives of current and defunct charitable institutions. The study will be headed by society librarian Elizabeth Fuller, who will visit area historical societies, public and private libraries, institutions and government of fices.

At the end oFthe first year, the society hopes to publish an annotated bibliography. The society and foundation will work with an advisory panel of area academic historians and will sponsor research and analysis of the records identified in the first year of work. This will be followed by appropriate lectures, publications or exhibitions. and includes the terrace of the city's main Public Library. The restoration project began last March.

When completed, the park will contain two small restaurants with 175 seats each along the backside of the library, but at opposite ends. "We want this park to be as safe as Rockefeller Center, and even better because it has grass and trees and because it is a public park," said Dan Biederman, the executive director of the Bryant Park Restoration Corporation, the nonprofit organiza The foundation is an affiliate of the New York Com munity Trust Foundation Executive Director Pat Larson noted that while a great deal is known about national patterns in charitable and philanthropic giving, it is ironic that in a county as wealthy as Westchester, "we do not have a clear picture of how needs were met and by whom and how this evolved over time." Anyone with information about now-defunct institu tions was urged to call Fuller at 592-4323. 5 Iff Jt JfiV 1 r- AT I -V A- ai 4 a-r- Winterizing Yonkers City Manager Neil DeLuea announced that the city's Office of Consumer Protection offers tips and assistance to homeowners looking to winterize their households while cutting energy costs. DeLuca said, "Before contacting anyone for large or small installation work, consumers should contact Consumer Protection Director Ralph Capozzi." The event will be the third annual holiday open house held at the church. Visitors will be treated to colonial songs and storytelling in the historic 18th-century building.

Traditional holiday refreshments and special craft demonstrations will be offered in the adjacent Bill of Rights Museum. Construction of the church began in 1763 but was interrupted by the Revolutionary War. The building was finally completed in 1787. During the war it served as a hospital for Hessian soldiers Holiday sale The Parents Guild of Our Lady of Assumption School will hold a Christmas Flea Market from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

tomorrow at 1617 Parkview Ave. in the Pelham Bay section, the Bronx. Poetry reading In celebration of Puerto Capozzi warned: "Some so-called experts are not competent to perform tion handling the renovations of the 150-year-old park. "Supplementary park security is not new," he ued. "That is -what the Parks Enforcement Patrol does.

What is new is that Bryant Park's supplementary enforcement is being handled by the private sector, privately financed, and not by the Parks Department" Aim at better parks He called it "an effort to see if the private sector's paying for a significant number of parks functions can lead to better parks for the public. "The Parks Enforcement Patrol is very busy in other parks, and we wanted to make certain that the security in this park is ever-present" Parks Commissioner Henry Stern termed the plan "terrific." He said, "It provides Bryant Park with a level of coverage far beyond what we could provide. "Let's be realistic. We have certain budgetary restraints. If it works, we welcome other elements of the private sector helping out with other parks." The security force was created within the corporation, according to Bill Fitzpatrick, a assistant chief of the city Police Department, who is in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Bryant Park force.

"We hire them. We train them. We supervise them," he said. "Everything is in-house." "Personally, I att -preju-'' quality work, and the consumer can end up spending a great deal of money and experiencing a whole lot of heartache." A booklet prepared by the department entitled DIG WE MUST: Trenches in Bryant Park, looking Toward Sixth Ave. ROBERT ROSAMHJO DAILY NEWS How to Save Money by Insulating Your Home," and "Home Improvements Without Headaches," is available by contacting Capozzi 's office at 201 Palisade Yonkers, or calling (914) 964-3565.

$525,000 a year to go to the park. The Parks Department chips in the $250,000 maintenance that it had spent annually when it had the sole responsibility to maintain the park. The other nonprofit corporation is the Bryant Park Restoration Corporation, formed in 1980 to improve Bryant Park. It is spending $8.5 million, of which the city is con diced," he said, "but I think they are great out there. We get a lot of good comments.

We get very few negative ones." Actually, there are two private nonprofit corporations involved in the Bryant Park project One is the Bryant Park Management Corporation, a nonprofit agency made up of surrounding businesses, as well as the commissioner of Open house St Paul's National Rican Heritage Month, the Hunt's Point Branch of the New York Public Library, 877 Southern will present readings by poet Carmen Lucca, accompanied by classical guitarist Nelida Cortes at 2 tomorrow afternoon. Historic Shrine on Columbus Ave. in Mount Vernon will host a free holiday open house on Dec. tributing $5.5 million, and the from 1 to 4 p.m. the Parks Department Tbe rest is being' raised from pri-businessesassess ttfefaselveS Vate sources..