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CLASSIFIED BEGINS ON BACK FAGE Bronx and Manhattan Daily News, Wednesday, March 4, 1981 Toons targeted as cabby killers Lincoln Houses, the East Harlem housing project in which apartment building 1960 Park Ave. is located, has been described by police as a nesting ground for gangs of youths who have killed two cab drivers recently and robbed 25 to 30 others. The latest victim was cabby Andrew Gajadhar, 47, who was shot and killed near the project early Monday by three men he had dropped off at 131st St. and Lexington Ave. By NEAL HIRSCHFELD Outside the trim, red brick high-rise at 1960 Park Ave.

the pigeons flutter at the window sills, fussing over a suitable spot to perch. Large green plants peek through the windows, giving the apartments a warm and inviting look. The adjacent streets traveled only sporadically by cars and pedestrians seem silent and uncongested by comparison with the rest of Manhattan. At 1960, all appears tranquil. But this East Harlem building, oasislike in its calm, is actually one of the most murderous addresses in the city.

Within the last 18 months, according to Police Department records, detectives have been called to 1960 to investigate six murders. The victims were killed either in their apartments, in the hallways or just outside the 14-story structure, one of a cluster of public housing units bounded by E. 132d and E. 135th Sts. and Fifth and Park and known collectively as the Abraham Lincoln Houses.

Here's a chronology of the killings: Shortly after midnight on July 2, 1979, Michael Banks, 18, was shot in front of 1960 during a dispute with several persons on the street Banks died five hours later at Harlem Hospital. Three persons fled the scene in a car and police have still not made any arrests. On Oct 6, 1979, Alvin Hart, who lived in apartment 1-A, was shot to death in a hallway in a dispute with 1 s4 -v j' YfSipA if rv H( i TY, i ni some teenagers. Another resident of 1960, 17-year-old Dennis Quinones, was later charged with the murder. On Nov.

16, 1979, Emmalee Cryer, 49, and her daughter, Linda, 25, were shot to death in their sixth-floor apartment in what police describe as "a classic execution-style case." Each was found with a single bullet wound behind the ear. More than a year after the slayings, a 14-year-old neighbor, Dar-ryll Dennis, who lived on the ghth floor, was arrested in the slayings. Police believe that robbery was the motive. On Nov. 24, 1980, Marie McNeil, See MURDER Page 2 UNDA CAT AFFO DAILY NEWS 1960 Park Ave, a trim red-brick 14-story high-rise, is said to be one of city's most murderous addresses.

New Alliance Party campaigns for new members A year ago, NAP launched a "Dump Koch" campaign because of "Koch's By MAR VA YORK to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Persons interested in working with the voter registration and party membership drive may obtain more information by calling (212) 6654715. Chaired by Bronx City Councilman Gilberto Gerena-Valintin, NAP has local chapters in all boroughs except Staten Island.

Two years ago NAP supported State Sen. Joseph Caliber (D.L-Bronx), who unsuccessfully opposed Bronx Borough President Stanley Simon in the race for borough leadership. Three weeks after NAP's inception, more than 25,000 votes were cast for its candidate. "The predictions were that we would pull maybe 2,000 or 3,000 votes, given that we were three weeks old at the time of the election," Fridley explained. AT THE END OF the vote tally, Fridley said, NAP learned its biggest electoral lesson.

"Given the figures that we pulled, we can make a strong case for thinking that if people have something to vote for, then they will come out and vote. We saw a lot of people come out and vote, many for the first time," she added. ground for a coalition-sponsored war dance on the popular political practice of going behind closed doors to make the biggest decisions affecting citizens' lives, Fridley said. Seeking to stomp out closed sessions and other political ploys that decrease citizen input, the coalition is dedicated to giving voters a bigger role in the reshaping of their environment according to the independent party activist "In the Bronx people were fed up with what they already had. Residents there are beginning to see that the South Bronx is going to be rebuilt," Fridley explained.

The electoral process, registering and voting, is one way to obtain such a voice in neighborhood revitalization and other concerns held by working people in New York City, Fridley said. "It's certainly not the only step, but voter registration and voting certainly are important steps toward attaining that voice," she added. "That will enable them to vote for independent candidates or to vote out candidates who are not particularly representing their interests." NAP has determined that Mayor Koch is one such elected official who has not been meeting the needs of An alliance of "poor, working and middle-income people" is trying to elect officials who will do more than give "lip service" to city residents who want greater input and less dependence on others in the process of rebuilding their neighborhoods. The New Alliance Party (NAP) was started two years ago in the Bronx with a broad membership base of blacks, whites, Hispanics, working people, feminists, gays and others. Its purpose is to "build a mass independent electoral party not tied to the banks and real-estate interests so that people have some input in the decision-making process," according to Mary Fridley, NAP assistant coordinator.

In an attempt to mobilize city residents and get them to seek greater control over their lives, NAP with its 2,000 citywide members is holding a two-day voter registration and membership campaign Saturday and Sunday in Room 302 of the independent political party's Bronx headquarters at 391 E. 149th St, near the corner of Third Ave. POTENTIAL VOTERS AND party members may sign up and receive clear disregard for the concerns of the people of New York in terms of cutbacks, layoffs and curtailment of community services," Fridley said. ALTHOUGH A SEARCH committee has not yet selected a candidate to run for mayor on the NAP line, Fridley said a "fusion" candidate one who can be supported by a conglomerate of special interest groups unified by their working-class status will be selected to run in the September primary. "Koch is potentially beatable.

The question is whether the progressive forces in New York City will unify around a genuine fusion candidate and put out a call to people in New York to support that candidate." Fridley said that NAP is not under the illusion that bringing about a mayoral defeat for the incumbent will solve all the city's ills. "What we're trying to do is build a movement in New York of poor, working and middle-class people. A movement that is strong enough to determine how the city is going to be run, which includes being able to dump Koch and politicians like him," Frilley said. "We're certainly not going to stop at dumping Koch-- The Bronx, with its blight and devas- city residents, party iiteratuxe-Satuxday irom 1Q aoa good.