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7 Wednesday, December 18. 1985 DAILY NEWS I a H. i. i I i iL it I ib i -v 5' 1 i ft i i I a j.wl tr I jt ARCHITECTS RENDERING of Roosevelt Island complex Northtown il that will enlarge populaiion of island by 50. OnOZEN PARTNERSHIP leir By ALTON SLACLE A despondent East Side stockbroker struggled from a friend's arms enrly yesterday and jumped to his death from a window of his fashionable lOthfloor apartment, police reported.

Robert Lester Loch, 5(1, fell to the sidewalk in front of his E. 91st St. home at 7.06 am. According to police, Loeb's companion. New York Times- reporter Ceral-dine Fabrikant, 42.

struggled with him in a frantic attempt to prevent his death lenp. But she was unable to hold him, and he slipped from her grasp, police said. Police said that Loeb, a broker at Kidder. Pealnxly Co. 101 Park had been despondent.

They said he left a note, but its contents were not divulged, Hugh Covington, a spokesman for Kidder. I'ealmdy, said Loeb had lecn employed there as a broker for three years "and has nlwnys Jxen in good standing." He declined further comment, saying simply, "It's a tragic situation and it really rests with his family members." Locls son, Robert Alan Loeb, 24. of Washington, was unavailable for comment, as were other family memliers. A friend of the family at Loeb's fashionable East Side apartment declined com ment. Loeb and Fabrikant were reportedly companions for several years following his divorce.

Fabrikant is a business writer at The Times. dunes detd Plan calls for construction of 5 high-risers 1 I A 1 9 -is i going rent. Some 94 of these apartments are for the elderly. Northtown Phase II will occupy 8.5 acres, of which more than 5.3 acres will be open or recreational space. Roosevelt Island, 800 feet wide and two miles long, is auto-free and was designed as a community of the future when it opened a decade ago.

Developers Benach and Cohen will add four minibuses to the existing fleet, but will also build another garage for 710 cars. Autos are not permitted on the island, and cars are parked at a garage upon entering the island. Commutation is by tramway to Manhattan or bus via Queens. Benach is president of the Starrett Housing Corp. and Cohen and his brother Edward run Cohen Brothers Realty Corp.

mm ment, a necessary step before construction can start The state Urban Development Corp. gave the builders the go-ahead last month to proceed with Northtown Phase II. Top rent $2,400 Four of the buildings will rise to 21 stories and contain one, two and three bedroom rentals. They will go up to $1,625 for one-bedroom; up to $2,185 for two-bedroom; and $2,400 for three-bedrooms. These are said to be 107c to 15 below prevailing East Side Manhattan rents.

The fifth building will rise to 14 stories and contain 224 apartments for families of moderate income. This is a federally subsidized building, in which tenants pay 30 of their income for rent, and the feds subsidize the difference between income and the By OWEN MORfTZ Urban Affairs Editor Developers of a new section of Roosevelt Island unveiled plans yesterday for five high-risers that will in--elude 926 luxury apartments and 224 moderate-rent pads and will enlarge the island's population by 50. The buildings, due to be under construction by next By MARCIA KRAMER Daily News Staf Writer Brushing aside the concerns of gay activists, a subcommittee of the state Public Health Council recommended yesterday that the board permanently ban public sexual activity that spreads AIDS. A 60-day emergency measure, giving officials the power to combat AIDS by closing public establishments that make facilities available for anal or oral sex, expires a week from today. The full Public Health Council is scheduled to vote on the committee recommendation Friday.

Meanwhile, the state Health Department also disclosed yesterday that it would initiate research to determine whether oral sex should be considered a risky sexual practice. Three shut down The 60-day emergency regulation was used by the city to close two establishments catering to homosexuals, the Mine Shaft and the Ne.w St. Marks Baths, and one swing- a mmm Santa mows without waring summer, will house 2,300 persons. Roosevelt Island, a futuristic community in the East River, now has 2,141 units and a population of almost 5,000. Developers Henry Benach and Sherman Cohen made public the plans in advance of today's hearing on an environmental impact state- 11 bSM Plato's Retreat.

Plato's Retreat has since reopened. The Public Health Council's Codes Committee yesterday reviewed letters from members of the gay community asking that oral sex be removed from the list of "high-risk" practices believed to spread AIDS. The letters argued that there was no proof that AIDS is transmitted through oral sex and that to include it in the high-risk category was to discriminate against homo? sexuals. A spokesman said the subcommittee disagreed, concluding that AIDS could be contracted through the mouth by way of bleeding gums. Thomas Stoddard, legislative director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, urged the committee to let the regulation expire.

Health Department spokesman Frances Tarlton said that even if the law containing the ban against oral sex in public places is made permanent it could amended later if the depart-i' ment's research showed there was no link between of al sex and REACHING OUT, Santa Claus 'speaks" the sign language of hearing-Impaired Joey Stanley. 4, at Wilmington. Christmas party for Delaware Association of the Deaf and Blind Joey, for whom every night Is silent, was getting special attention for Christmas list. ers.lrt at heterosexuals,.