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IB I ww TV tVnCjlM I WW AV 1.19 ML7 Medicaid we dust 0M 1976 Te fop 10 By JESSE BRODEY Based on Medicaid payments totaling 83 million during the first nine months of this year. Medicaid costs in Westchester will climb to between $100 million and $109 million by the end of this year, Westchester County Executive Alfred DelBello said yesterday. Countv taxDavers will be reo aired to i IMP- -fe foot approximately 28 or between $28 million and $30 million of these costs under these state and federally-mandated programs, Del Bello said. This will be the first that Medicaid will top $100 million in the county, DelBello added. "In 1975, Medicaid costs climbed to more than $91 million from the 1974 expenditure of $71 milion and during the first nine months of this- year, these costs have continued to rise," he said.

"These continued increases underscore the need for a federal takeover of the local welfare debt and restructuring of the entire welfare system." Statistics released by DelBello indi- News photo by Leonard Detrick Offtrack betting office at 244 W. 42d St. will be replaced by parlor at 42d St. and Broadway. catea mat part of the sharp increase was the result of transferring payments to homemakes from "purchase of service" to "medical assistance" in order to qualify for federal and state reimbursement.

Thus in the latest statistical report covering the first nine months of this year, homemakers were paid $5,889,692, outstripping the total of $5,689,053 paid physicians. Other figures showed that dentists received druggrists, opthamologists, $164,360 and optometrists, $411,794. Podiatrists collected another $275,789 during the first nine months of this year. One of the largest categories of payments was mental health. Psychologists received psychiatrists, $974,844, and mental health clinics, $2,996,717.

The county's methadone program cost another $838,197. Chiropractors received a mere $13,583. Family planning clinics were paid $107,596. The county-operated Westchester County Medical Center was paid and the county-operated Ruth Taylor Institute, a nursing and old age home, received $3,514,324. Voluntary and proprietary nursing homes received voluntary and propreitary hospitals, $17,118,586 during the first nine months of this year.

A total of $212,780 was reimbursed to Medicaid patients for bus, tais and mileage going to and from hospitals, medical offices or clinics. PW Svjitchisig Parlors in Times Square By JOHN TOSCANO Hoping to improve its image nd also to increase its betting the Of -Track Betting Corp. yill open a betting parlor in Times Square shortly, at 42d St. and photographed, showing prostitutes loitering outside and nearby movie marquees advertising X-rated films. "We want to get away from here and shed this bad image," said Velez.

Velez said that the midblock parlor has been doing about $13,000 worth of business a day. It's estimated that this will increase to 18,600 ajiay at the new parlor. Revenue to the city will also increase from about $300,000 a year to an estimated $370,000 a year. Site Selection Board members had some reservations about approving the site because the, OTB will be saddled with two rents when it opens the new parlor. The tentative fease calls for a year over 10 years.

The lease at the old office will run to 1982. It calls for $83,000 per year. However, Velez pointed out that the increased betting handle will offset the dual rents and there's a chance that some of the rent at 244 W. 42d St. can be recouped through subleasing the shuttered office.

Velez also argued that -the new betting office would contribute to the redevelopment of Times Square. Iroadwav. Envisioned If- OTB President Paul erevane as a showcase for the lo4- Sutlet legalized betting sys'l-m, the en. Jranee to the new betting parlor might adorned with a moving electric sign, floors and a "dramatically dif- Krent" interior design, he said. The Site Selection Board approved -li- 1 1 .1 j.

City Builds Up $110AA Constructionist jib oii.e, at uie soutiieasi corner oi pe square, on Monday. Negotiations "are nder way to draw up the lease and get architect to design the parlor. Sere- sne said he hopes to have the parlor perating in four months. A drug store he stood on the site. I The parlor will replace one half a Jack away at 244 W.

42d in the fart of the pornographic district. Scre- 9ne said that this parlor, which is adja- school and hospital renovations and park rehabilitation. But the mayor did stress he expected few of the 46 capital construction projects that were halted last year at an estimated completion cost of $160 million will be included in the new submissions. One of the major qualifying stipulations is that projects must be ready for construction within 90 days. Frantic activity has taken place as borough presidents, community planning boards and' 16 city agencies have sought to come up with tentative lists for By BRYANT MASON The city hopes to receive federal approval soon for 50 construction projects in the five boroughs to be paid out of a $110 million federal public works authorization bill.

According to Mayor Beame, "the 50 public works projects will create more than 2,500 construction jobs in the city." Those projects are expected to include rehabilitation of police and fire stations, street repaying, sewer construction, projects to be funded since the passing of the federal bill. The city's construction director, John T. Carroll, said that the city is submitting a $200 million 92-project list in its application. As it stands now. Queens has applied for $42 million Brooklyn $36 million Bronx, $26, million Manhattan, $24 million and Staten Island, $31 million.

New police precincts are slated to be -built for Manhattan's 135th St. station (32d precinct); and the 180 W'adsworth Ave. station (34th precinct.) fent to a porno mvie house, "has been bed against us nationwide, even in concessional testimony in Washington, as i'pical of OTB parlors in New York 3ty." Ted Velez, OTB vice before the Site Selection Board on" tonday that this parlor had often been Verdi Parlt Mot Mice Aria But Cleanup Drive's on Key By ELEANOR SWERTLOW 1 Composer Giuseppe Verdi stonily near the intersection Broadway and 72d St. Pigeons aiance expertly on nis neaa. uere-tets sprawl on nearby benches "hile a drug addict has the jitters uder Giuseppe's nose.

The scene is not unusual for Verdi ark, which was unofficially renamed eedle Park eight years ago, when the ovie "Panic in Needle Park" came out. i'hat Is unusual is that the community wby they should support the park renovation with cash as well as sympathy. "This is the real kickoff of our campaign," said Peg Michelman, who is coordinating the effort for the bank. "Hopefully we can raise the $70,000 we need by spring to start work." If money is raised (the organizers are noncommital about their expectations), the park will be made more cheerful and styled to discourage the accumulation of unsavory characters and garbage. Strong lights will be installed; the Verdi statue will be fenced off; benches in to an area popular with derelicts will be moved bricks will replace the garbage-strewn grassy area.

we -achieve our objectives, we feel that the park will become the focal point of the community that it should be," said Anthony Ronda, marketing director for the bank. The people who will be most grateful for the park's renovation will undoubtedly be the elderly who use it every day. Gathering at midday, they sit all afternoon winter and Bummer. "You see people pass by and I like it very much," News photo by Dan Godfrey fs begun to clean it up. "We've made several attempts over 9 years to clean up the park," said ourray Slegel, executive director of the est Side Chamber of Commerce.

"This Community out to raise money to renovate Verdi Park at Broadway and 72d St. Ime it's for keeps." was presented by the Chamber of Commerce to encourage interest in the park. In two hours, 182 "Very Verdi" buttons at $1 each were sold. Proceeds will go to the park fund. An organization, Frierl3 of Verdi Park, made up of civic groups and block associations, is behind the drive to give Giuseppe Verdi's statue a more cheerful home.

said Hyman Rothman, 73, "I've been coming here for years and years." Seats now come at a premium. "People no longer sit down at Riverside Park, so it's crowded here," said Mary O'Rourke, a retired model. "My father used to sit here, too. It's changed." Last Sunday, a brass band concert Accordingly, last night some city tables and a handful of dignitaries om far away, such as the consul nefal of Italy, gathered in the main yer of the Central Savings Bank, adja-nt to the park, to hear Siegel and tik president Dr. Verne Atwater tell t'-' -K 1 'it-;.