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XQ 1 By JACK LEAHY As Hillcrest and Queensborough Hill residents prepared for public demonstrations to demand library-openings in their communities, City-Council Finance Chairman Edward L. Sadowsky (D-Beechhurst) called yesterday for the inclusion of in Mayor Koch's proposed budget to pay for operating costs for four unopened Queens library buildings. The City Council and the Board of-Estimate are expected to vote Tuesday on Koch's $12.8 billion proposal. Sadowsky said the funds he is requesting would cover books, staff, and maintenance costs for the four branches Hillcrest, Queensborough Hill, Bay Terrace, and Oakland Gardens during fiscal 1980, which begins July 1. "A relatively modest investment in libraries brings a substantial return in the quality of life," Sadowsky said.

Construction work on the Queensborough Hill building was recently resumed after residents of the area tested against a city plan to stop work on the project and sell the site to private developers. The other three buildings have been completed but were never opened as library branches because of the city's fiscal crisis. Sadowsky criticized as short-sighted any proposal to sell off or lease the vacant buildings for other than library use. A rally to generate public support for opening of the Hillcrest Branch was scheduled for last night in front of the building on Union Turnpike near 187th St. A similar rally in behalf of the Queensborough Hill Branch is set for noon tomorrow at that site on Main St.

at 60th Ave. Roslyn Gold, the chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee to Save the Hillcrest Library, said the Holliswood-Cunning-ham, Jamaica Estates, and Utopia Civic Associations would participate in last night's rally along with representatives of parents' associations from four schools in District 26. "The absence of a library in this area is particularly hard on our school-aged children," Gold said. "Many of the mothers have to work, and there is no one to take the kids to the nearest branch in Fresh Meadows which is greatly overutil ized anyway." Victor Fiabane, the president of the Kissena Corridor Civic Association, said the absence of the Queensborough Hill Branch is a "hardship" for children from seven public schools in the surrounding community. Fiabane pointed out that an old library on the construction site was torn down in 1971 because it was deemed to be too small for the area's population.

News photos bv Frank Castoral Down to the sea in Queens There's hardly room to land a fish on Cross Bay Bridge, Howard Beach, on a day when everybody 1 and his brother were out looking for something to put in the fridge. Between the proper choice line and tackle, there were a mind-boggling number of decisions to confront on this second Memorial Day, 1979 But you couldn't have picked a better day. It ir 4 if Si 'tT f.s lip (ode vote ovemhelmingly for ueens "TViv iairiv wan? a rhanee' By BERNARD RABIN final Queens Zip Code for the two communities. She noted that the Postal Service has given her assurances that whatever the final choice, it will not cause delays or disruptions in the delivery of the mail. She said she asked for such an assurance because of reports several weeks ago that letter carriers assigned to the Brooklyn Post Office were allegedly urging their patrons to tote against the change and warning of possible confusion.

Brooklyn Postmaster Murray Stein said at the time that two postal unions and about 100 employes in the involved areas opposed the change because the proposed switch could disrupt their seniority rights. He directed his men not to engage in electioneering on th "These two Queens communities have been plagued for years with residency in Queens and a Zip Code for Brooklyn," she said. "This has affected, often adversely innumerable city, state, and federal services, including employment offices, health care, jury duty, Social Security, and welfare. Additionally, automobile and fire insurance rates are sometimes subject to redlining. Ferraro said that the change in the postal Zip Code was the subject most frequently mentioned by residents of the two communities during her successful election campaign last fall.

After the election, she spoke to Bolger, who agreed to make the change if at least 70 of the residents of the area appeared to favor Residents of Ridgewood and Glendale have overwhelmingly to have their Zip Codes changed from Brooklyn to Queens. Rep. Geraldine Ferraro (D-Forest Hills) said the responses of 17,276 constituents who returned ballots to her Washington office showed 16,140 voting in favor of a Queens Zip Code and 896 opposed, with 646 expressing no preference. She sent out 38,000 ballots. "With some 93.4 of the returns favoring a change to a Queens Zip Code," Ferraro said, "it would appear this is the necessary mandate of public support which Postmaster General William Bolger said he needed before he would enact a change." Ferraro said she will seek a meeting with Bolger warly next week after his return from abroad" to gef the change made as soon as possible.

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