Daily News from New York, New York • 423

a. ga3r. jsirajftgte 4HJS a affiDDDDftalblI I 1fen ft DB DB ust what does Donna Hanover do as First Lady of New York and why does it take four city staffers to help her do it? Hanover, a busy TV anchor and a fledgling film actor, is by far the most career-oriented of any New York mayoral -J A Aa; yf" v' 1 .1 I r- I I A YEAR IN THE LIFE: Donna Hanover (clockwise from top, schmoozing with Alan Alda, appearing on "Law and Order," at the premiere of "The People vs. Larry Flynt with Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Milos Forman and Ed Norton and getting coiffed for her role in "The Guiding Light." wife. But City Hall mandarins refuse to say just how much of Hanover's time is devoted to the people of New York, even though her four-person staff in the First Lady's office at Gracie Mansion, as well as a car and driver, are all taxpayer-financed.

Hanover's staff includes Kathleen Madaras, administrative manager; Joannie Danielides, spokeswoman; Clarice Joynes, coordinator, and Stephanie McGann. The Daily News has attempted for several weeks to obtain their salaries, as well as the cost of running the office, from Gracie Mansion and City Hall, to no avail. The News has also tried to get copies of the First Lady's schedule, but all attempts have been rebuffed. Danielides referred calls to Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro, who also refused to provide the information. Nan Davis at the office of payroll administration referred calls to City Hall.

And so on. Danielides was asked yesterday what Hanover does as First Lady. "We don't give out her schedule," said Danielides. How about this week? "Well, she gave a Cool Schools award today. She went to the Gay Men's Health Crisis event." The latter was last week.

What about this week? "She did Cool Schools. That's it, so far." Danielides said that, over the year, Hanover supported the East Marian Side Settlement House, Citymeals-on-Wheels, Literacy Partners, Race for the Cure and the Children's Aid Society. How so? "She attends the event," said Danielides. "She helps promote the organization." Asked why Hanover needed a car and Police Department-paid driver to shuttle her to her job at Fox News, Danielides said it was for "security." While not everything she does is publicized, Hanover was noted at 24 public events in 1996, according to a computer search of city newspapers. The events included 14 parties (charity or otherwise), two premieres, two luncheons and a New York Pops concert.

She cut one ribbon, when Loehmann's opened on Seventh Ave. Only four of the public events recorded were alongside her husband: New Year's Eve, the Inner Circle dinner, a Fleet Week ceremony and the Yankees victory parade, during which the Giulianis rode on separate floats. BLIND SPOT What famous Hollywood family man is being dogged by a supermarket tabloid now that a sexy young actress supposedly has told friends that she and the star are hostages to passion? It didn't help the star's case when she ducked and covered as the lensman snapped away. SURVEILLANCE Hmmmm Mike Ovitz and Jerry Speyer, having a long dinner together at Nobu Wednesday night Is something up between the Hollywood mogul-in-exile and the co-owner of Rockefeller Center? Maybe, but they've been friends for years Mariah Carey, partying overenthusiastically at China Club with rappers Q-Tip and Puff Daddy Wednesday night Somewhere deep in the wee hours, the singer, who's married to record honcho Tommy Mottola, got into a limo with Puff Daddy and left If Carey, who wants to break into movies, isn't careful, she'll get dark circles under her eyes. She's been late-night-clubbing around town with rapper friends quite a bit lately Now a nude picture of actor John Stamos is ricocheting all over the Internet via E-mail.

It's hard to tell whether it's a Supermodel Frederique, hosting a birthday bash at Boom for her Ranger boyfriend, Mark Messier, the other night Her gift: ii Carey a fishing rod guaranteed," she told Messier, "to catch anything in the sea except me." A BIT TOO TIGHT An order of protection demands that podiatristpublicist Chuck Jones stay two blocks away from his former client Maria Trump. But apparently unbeknownst to either of them, Mrs. Trump and Jones were right down the hall from each other recently at Manhattan Supreme Court Maria was serving jury duty. Chuck was in the record room, tending to his six separate lawsuits. He must not be doing too bad a job representing himself as a lawyer.

Judge Louis York just dismissed a Trump motion that claimed Jones constituted a "racketeering enterprise." ITEMIZING Chelsea Clinton is leaning toward Brown University for college, says a White House source. The Ivy League school has gotten mixed reviews from previous presidential children. Jimmy Carter's daughter, Amy, transferred to the Memphis College of Art But John Kennedy loved it Speaking of John, he and sister Caroline will present Robert De Niro with the Municipal Arts Society's Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Medal on 1 7 x5 -j" I w1s March 4. The society is recognizing De Niro for "rejuvenating the life and commerce of Tribeca" Anything Sen. Alfonse D'Amato can do, Public Advocate Mark Green obviously feels he can do better.

The inevitable campaign foes have both signed up to run a city school as part of the PENCIL group's "principals for a day" program in April And Bill Bradley may be out of government but he's still inside the Beltway. The Washington press was alerted that Bradley will be the Distinguished Leadership Scholar for the Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland. Any politician who sends out such things is running for something, pundits say About that guy who attacked Dan Rather while asking, "What is the fre- quency, Wasn't that a line in "Plan 9 From Outer The scary karma of opening night on Broadway continues. Gower Champion died when "42nd Street" debuted. Playwright Jonathan Larson passed away on the eve of the "Rent" opening.

Then last week, producer Michael Braun died on the first night of rehearsals for "Titanic." Entertainment Weekly editors hit paydirt when they randomly picked Miguel Arteta, director of "Star Maps," to track as part of the mag's anatomy-of-a-deal story on the Sundance Festival. Twelve hours after screening his film, Arteta had studio execs following him into the men's room and offering him a $2.5 million deal. With Baird Jones and Jack Begg.