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CO -Present detainees on the Island, who are awaiting trial or other court action, would be moved to the new decentralized In approving the lease, the commission said jn a report that there was "an urgent and compelling necessity" to improve facilities for prisoners, and that state prison on Rikers Island, just a short distance from Astoria, "will not damage or socially impact surrounding communities." Vallone said at City Hall that he had "urged the Board of Estimate not to be influenced by the misguided" Planning Commission report and "to independently examine this gigantic ripoff of the City of New York." Also blasting the planners' report and decision was Dennis Drucker, the Democratic state committeeman from the 35th A.D., covering Astoria, Jackson Heights, and College Point Water will have less security Drucker pointed out that if the state goes through with plans to house up to 5,500 prisoners there, it would make it "the largest prison in New York State" and go against the trend toward smaller correctional facilities. Drucker also noted that the water "is no By JOHN TOSCANO The City Planning Commission, in approving the 20-year lease of Rikers Island to the state, has "swallowed the propaganda'' of the state and city Correction Departments "lock, stock, and barrel," City Councilman Peter Vallone charged yesterday. Vallone, who represents Astoria and has been leading that community's fight to block the lease, said he "fervently hoped" that the Board of Estimate wouldn't blindly follow" the planners' lead when it considers the proposed lease. That will occur on April 24 at a City Hall hearing which Vallone promised yesterday would "have more people in attendance than any previous hearing." Under the terms of the proposed lease, the state would pay. the city $200 million in rent over a 20-year period.

The city would apply those funds toward building eight detention facilities in. the five boroughs. The Estimate Board set the hearing date at its bimonthly meeting yesterday at City Hall. Under the proposal, the state would house no more than 5,500 convicted felons on the island following a rehabilitation of the facilities and promised beefing-up of security measures. have less security than any maximum security prison located in a rural area According to Vallone, the Planning Commission's approval of the lease proposal "has the community more fired up than ever before." He said this would be demonstrated "by the large turnout" at the April 24 hearing.

Publication of parts of the report also created some confusion on the part of community residents. Several called this newspaper saying they understood that Commission Martin Gallent of Flushing had not voted to approve the lease. Joins In majority report But according to the report, as printed in yesterday's Board of Estimate calendar and which contained a separate concurring opinion by Calient, after listing Gallent's reasons for concurring with the commission's action, it concluded: "Consequently, I concur and join in the majority report approving the lease of Rikers Island." Meanwhile, the Legislative Office of Budget Review, which is the City Council's and Board of Estimate's budget arm, reported yesterday that it would be cheap-' er for the city to lease Rikers Island rather than renovate and continue to operate it longer an effective barrier" against escapees and "will Police find slain couple in fiery car Police were trying late yesterday to identify a man and woman slain in what appeared to be a revenge-type killing. Their bodies were stuffed in the trunk of a car that had been set afire in Jamaica. The couple who were wearing matching maroon sweaters, apparently had been killed elsewhere, according to police who made the grisly discovery late Wednesday night after prying open the trunk of the car that was found burning at 142 St and 116th Ave.

Police gave the following description of the victims: The man is white, between 35 and 40 years old, 6 feet tall, 150 pounds, dark hairr wearing blue dungarees and brown boots. The woman is white, 5 feet. 6 inches tall, 120 pounds, with light brown hair. She wore yellow and tan dungarees and yellow high-heel shoes. The man's body had two wounds in the chest and the woman had one in the head and in the abdomen.

Both bodies had apparently been stripped of identification. Police said the man, however, had $20 in his pockets and the woman was wearing a wedding ring. The bodies were taken to the Queens Morgue at the Queens Hospital Center in Jamaica. Police believe the bodies were driven to the Jamaica location where a flammable liquid was tossed into the passenger side. Diner manager slain by gunman Detectives are questioning witnesses i t.

Cops say mother didn't know best A Bay "Shore teenager was sentenced up to four years in prison in Queens Supreme Courtyesterday for a jewelry robbery allegedly master-mined by his mother. Lottie Picirilli, 38, of 1077 Martinson stood impassively as her son, John, 17, who robbed a Briarwood salesman of $35,000 in gold chains and last October, was sentenced. The mother was to have a hearing in the same courtroom on robbery and conspiracy charges involving the jewelry heist. Justice Bernard Dubin, who sentenced the son, adjourned the mother's case to April 16 and she was paroled. Roosevelt Is.

a likely net loss to city By RON HOWELL Roosevelt Island, the largely middle class community built by the Urban Development was once expected to provide a lot of money to New York City in taxes and other revenues. But because of poor planning when the residential project was oh the drawing boards, the city can no longer look forward to the $150 million it once hoped to get, according to an audit by State Controller Edward V. Regan's office. The audit, scheduled for release today, further maintains that the city may actually come out in the The city has committed itself to paying about $400,000 a year to rent space for schools on the island, the audit noted. In response to the charges issued by the controller's office, Lawrence F.

Graham, an official of the development agency, has written that early estimates of city revenues from Roosevelt Island were unrealistic. He also said that the Urban Development Corporation no longer "conducts its business" the way it did years ago. Regan's audit argues that tenants occupying the more than 2,000 households on Roosevelt Island should be paying more for the coops and apartments than they now pay. Higher monthly charges would help offset some of the huge deficits that the development is facing, both in- debt payments and operating costs, the audit claimed. Among the suggestions the controller's office made to the.

Urban Development Corporation are: Making "realistic" feasibility studies before undertaking any further development projects. Seeing to it that any new facilities constructed on Roosevelt Island be "self-sufficient" Establishing "cost for any future construction projects. Nick SorrenfinoDaily News Look what sprung from Spring Bursting with motherly pride, a Welsh pony, Spring by name, stands next to her new colt, Jimmy, at the Queens Zoo in Flushing Meadows Park yesterday. The pony's new arrival beat the season that mom is named for. That's right, folks.

If you didn't know it spring (the season) arrived today. PTA to help recruit students in District 24 integration plan to the killing of the night manager of a busy all-night diner in Jamaica. A young gunman pumped six bullets from a handgun into him shortly after midnight yesterday. Peter Toderoff, 63, of Bayside, night manager of the Trio Diner at 165-16 Hillside managed to pull his own licensed gun from its-holster but was unable to fire before he slumped to the floor behind the cash register. Witnesses told Detective Thomas Pinder of the 103d Precinct they heard Todoroff say to the gunman, "who the hell do you think you are" just before PI 8 The court approved a plan to seek voluntary enrollments of white students, but demanded a plan for mandatory assignments- if the voluntary plan fails.

Perrin said that voluntary enrollment was a key to the success of IS 227, which was opened last year under the jurisdiction of Chancellor of Schools Frank Macchiarola as a demonstration of an integrated, academically mixed "urban education" setting. Ths court order would utilize most available openings for District 24 students, a factor that had been opposed by some District 30 parents. Perrin said, however, that "that is a problem we'll have to live with. It is clear to us that to confront the court order involves questions of time, money and resources that we dont have." By WILLIAM BUTLER The Parent-Teacher Association of Louis Armstrong Intermediate School 227 in Jackson Heights has decided to-help recruit white students to voluntarily enroll in School District 24 in an effort to head off any mandatory assignments. The decision was announced by Peggy Perrin, a member of the executive board, after a meeting Monday evening on the impact of a court-ordered integration plan for District 24.

A federal court order directs District 24 to enroll about 151 mostly minority students from IS 61 in Corona and about 100 white students from the southern end of District 24 in IS 227 next fall. tne gunman opened fire. They described the gunman as black, in his early 20s, medium build, with a -short Afro hair style combed back He oa wore a beige jacket and dark grey pants. Witnesses told the police he had "very pronounced high cheekbones and a very thin face." Pinder said anyone with any further information should contact police at 739-4800. All calls will be treated confi-.