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Presents an overview of art shows and exhibitions which can be seen in various art galleries in uptown New York City. `Works on Paper' at the Janis Gallery; Lenora Carrington's exhibit at the Pierre Matisse Gallery; `Egon Schiele, 1890-1918: Master Draftsman' at the Museum of Modern Art; Others.

Looks at the publishing of the first issue of 'New York Blade News,' a gay weekly newspaper, in October 1997. Criticism that the paper has received; Whether New York City can support two gay newspapers; Why the gay press in New York City has struggled.

Examines `The Jewish Daily Forward' newspaper. Abraham Cahan, founder; Circulation figures at 250,000 daily in the 1920s; 10,000 weekly readers in 1997; Reasons for the erosion of its readership base; The paper's value of pluralism and its aids for cultural assimilation for Yiddish-speaking immigrants in the United States; How it influenced politics in New York City; The move away from Yiddish; Comments; Forecasts.

Presents a list of weekend events in and around New York City. The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Paulinus in the blocks near the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel; The Paper Bag Players at Battery Park City; The Aston Magna ensemble at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson; American Crafts Festival, outdoors at the Lincoln Center; More.

Reports that Primo Flores, 48, of the Department Advocate's office, who filed the papers incorporating the Happy Land Social Club at which 87 people died in an arson fire last month, is a New York City police lieutenant who was moonlighting from his job. He is under investigation by the Internal Affairs Division.

Reports that on June 29, 1998, a teen-ager computer hacker pleaded guilty in a Manhattan, New York City, New York federal court, to stealing passwords from America Online users during 1997. Number of passwords stolen; Who the teen-ager is referred to in court papers; How the teen-ager obtained the passwords; Charges brought against the teen-ager.

Reports that the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, received papers from New York City's lawyers on June 4, 1998, requesting that New York should be permitted to enforce three-year-old zoning laws to curtail sex business. Ruling of the appeals court on June 3, 1998; Contentions of lawyers for sex shop owners.

Reports that Hofstra University of Hempstead, New York City is organizing a scholarly conference on Frank Sinatra, titled `Frank Sinatra: The Man, the Music, the Legend.' How scholars responded to the announcement of the conference; Scholars' transformation of Sinatra into a subject for study; Names of professors who proposed papers for the conference.

Reports on a draft report that was issued on February 24, 1998 by a legislative task force that recommends the replacement of the paper ballots with voting machines at the New York City school board elections. Perception that the recommendations are likely to be accepted by Governor George Pataki; Indication that the disagreement over the issue is political; Comments from Norm Fruchter, director of the Institute for Education and Social Policy at New York University.

Presents information on the three Swedish stores of Ordning & Reda, a paper-goods store, Face Stockholm, a cosmetics company, and the Alskling clothing store located in New York City, New York. Origin of the stores; Assertion that there is camaraderie in the shops; Views of Martina Arfwidson, vice president of Face; Significance of the location of the stores.

Presents news briefs as they relate to entertainment events of interest to families in New York City, New York. Preshow gala on as part as the 40th anniversary of the Paper Bag Players; Details on `Picture Dish,' a workshop in which children and parents will view fine porcelain and create ceramic art; Information on the `Little Red Riding Hood' show at the Promenade Theater; Dates of the events; Contact numbers for further information.

Reports on the promotion of Elinor Ruth Tatum, the assistant publisher and chief operating officer of `The New York Amsterdam News' to publisher and editor in chief of the newspaper. Who appointed Tatum to the post; Educational background of Tatum; Plans of Tatum to focus on improving the paper's computer resources and bringing it on-line.

Focuses on the response to a rent regulation which was passed by the New York State Legislature in July 1997, which required many tenants facing eviction to deposit rent in an escrow account even before a case is adjudicated. When the rules will go into effect; Number of tenants in New York City who receive eviction papers yearly; Information on three deposit requirements in the new law.

Informs about the re-opening of the rail facility-cum-paper mill project of Harlem River Rail Yards in South Bronx, following the reversal of the lower court order by the appeals court. Details.

Reports the indictment of 16 officers of 48th Precinct against charges of drug sales, brutality and other offenses in Bronx district. Arraignment of the officers at State Supreme Court on May 3, 1995; Incidents cited in the court papers; Details of the investigation.

Discusses the plan to update turnstiles in New York City and to use paper magnetic fare cards instead of tokens. Bureaucratic delays, political wrangling and lack of support from top transit officials have prevented the project from moving beyond the drawing boards for almost a decade. The latest dispute is over how the city is selecting contractors to build the system.

States that hundreds of illegal Chinese immigrants pay tens of thousands of dollars to become modern-day indentured servants in the New York City area in return for counterfeit identification papers and passage to the US. Smuggling network connected with Chinese organized crime.

Reports that on August 28, 1997, Abner Louima will be reunited with his child, Abnia Samantha Louima, whom he last saw when she was six months old in Haiti. Abner's allegations of police brutality; When Abner filed papers to have his daughter join him.

Reports that the `Daily News' newspaper plans to begin a monthly Sunday magazine supplement aimed at New Yorkers with roots in the Caribbean on March 19, 1997. Information on the first issue of the magazine supplement; Listing of the boroughs in New York City where the magazine will be distributed free of cost with the Sunday paper.

Reports on New York City police and their efforts to fight property crimes. Details on a position paper titled `Strategy '97: Goal-Oriented Neighborhood Policing,' by Police Commissioner Howard Safir; What a public opinion poll on crime showed; Comments from Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and Safir.

Reports on the performance of `3 Paper Cups,' by Play it by Ear at the American Opera Projects in New York. Others pieces performed by the group.

Reports that the administration of New York City's Major Rudolph Giuliani will present arbitrators with papers showing that even before a proposed raise over a five-year period, the city's 300,00 police officers are already compensated better than those in 20 other major cities. City's preference for giving benefits to its unions over several years; Claims by the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association that the city's figures are inaccurate.

Reports on the battle between Dennis Riese and the Riese Organization, and Madison Square Garden and its president David W. Checketts, over the rights to $86,000 worth of season tickets, for each New York Rangers and New York Knicks home game. Judge who presided over the January 17, 1997, trial in the State Supreme Court; Contents of the court papers; Details on the battle.

Editorial. Focuses on New York City's plans to implement waste-reduction and recycling programs with emphasis on 1997 plans to close down the environmentally hazardous Fresh Kills landfills. Benefits of creating a paper mill in Staten island where the landfill is located; Statistics on garbage produced in the city yearly.

Reports that in Brooklyn, New York City, a 3-day-old girl was found alive in a paper bag on December 7, 1996, after being abandoned in the lobby of an apartment building. Who found the baby; Note which was left by the baby's mother; Mother's identity being sought by police.

Presents financial data in the United States from the Federal Reserve Board as of April 5, 1996. Includes monetary aggregates; Key assets and liabilities of leading New York banks; Commercial paper; Reserve aggregates.

Reports that Mayor David N. Dinkins and Rudolph W. Giuliani finished in a virtual dead heat in their bitter rematch for mayor of New York City, according to surveys of voters leaving the polls and incomplete returns. Giuliani projected as the winner, but the margin could still be subject to challenges of paper and absentee ballots and a general recount.

Analyzes police corruption in New York City. The Mollen Commission hearings point to the way failures and questionable practices in the department's management ranks gave officers a kind of free rein. The `blue wall of reluctance'; The problem caused by paper work; Other problems. (Related article on page B3: Kelly calls for tighter entry criteria for police officers.)

Presents the last of six articles on New York City's hidden economy. Focuses on the success story of the Valquez family (Yolanda, 41, her husband, 39, and three children) who immigrated to North Bergen, N.J., from Panama nearly nine years ago with no working papers, no job connections and few prospects. Their entry; Making a living despite obstacles; Buying a home and settling down.

Describes the Hotel Pierre in New York City. How guests are pampered; The newly renovated rooms; The food; Security; Chumminess between rooms; `Tissue paper' walls.

Refers to an article on page 39 (Recycling catches on in more ways than one) concerning the newspaper recycling program set up by Metro-North at Grand Central Terminal in New York City. The success of the program; The `secondary recyclers' who pull out papers to read; Recycling programs at other locations.

Shows a picture of three Greenpeace demonstrators scaling the Time-Life Building at Rockefeller Center to unfurll a mockup of a magazine cover that read `Chlorine Kills,' protesting `Time' magazine's use of chlorine-bleached paper.

Presents an appraisal of the old advertisements painted on the sides of some of New York City's buildings. Examples of some of the endearing ghost signs; The mystery surrounding the `paint, paste, paper, push' sign at Reade Street and West Broadway; The recent interest in preserving and enhancing the old signs.

Tells of Jose Luis Berroa, 33-year-old paper factory worker in Brooklyn, going on a rampage that left a trail of death, ending when he wounded his 2-year-old son and killed himself. Berroa's despondency; His victims.

States that federal prosecutors investigating the flawed 1989 asbestos inspections of New York City schools concluded that an overzealous desire to comply with deadlines for federal paper work, not bribery or profiteering, led to the falsification of inspection reports. The emergency reinspection that was caused by the discovery of the falsifications; Cost; School opening delayed.

Shows a picture of police and federal agents seizing 4,800 pounds of cocaine brought to Corona, Queens, in a machine used to process toilet paper.

Reports news about the Empire State primary elections concerning the presidential contest. Opening of the Republican and the Democratic campaigns; Decision of a federal judge regarding signatures required to get on the ballot in congressional district; More Republicans on the ballot paper; Details of poll preparations.

Reports on the conflict between the owners of two New York film developing labs, Ray Higgs of Company Photo and Raja Sethuraman of Coloredge. Background on the conflict; Difficulties posed by the dispute for New York's commercial and art photographers, including Annie Leibovitz; Case brought by Coloredge against Higgs, accusing him of unethical business practices and a failure to pay invoices; Higgs' background in film development; Description of the work done at film development labs; Higgs' reputation for personalized customer service; Complaints about Higgs from his colleagues; Domination of the business by Indian-Americans.

Reports on the discovery of packets of developed photographs in the rubble of the World Trade Center in New York City. How Judith Francis, an employee of Aon Corp., received photographs that she had dropped off at Kelly Film Express in the World Trade Center; Efforts of Kelly employees to return hundreds of recovered photographs to their owners.

Covers various information concerning New York City as of September 6, 2000. Description of the Read store in New York City; Price and availability of the Igloo food container at Zabar store; Description of the small tin lunchbox from Once Upon a Tart.

Presents new briefs relating to art, architecture, interior decorating, stationery and garden designs in New York City. Description of the Visual Arts Center at the College of Santa Fe, New Mexico, which was done by Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta; Calendar information on an interior decorating workshop that will be held by Patricia Arnillas and Michael Glickman; Retail information on some 16 inch tall candles designed by Brandi Forman-Carin.

Presents information on office equipment which was highlighted at the 1995 Interplan, a trade show in New York city featuring office equipment. Details on what could be found at show.