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Comments on the way church leaders in New York City spent the Sunday preceding the observance of the birth of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. denouncing racial violence. Racial tensions following recent cases of racial violence.

Tells of the Albanian Boys Inc., or the Albanian Bad Boys, a group that until two recent bias attacks on Bronx schoolchildren held no significance for most New Yorkers. The group is comprised of about several dozen youths, mostly under 18, who hang out in their nooks of the Bronx, sometimes raising Cain and eagerly taking on all they perceive as interlopers.

Tells of a 12-year-old Hispanic boy being attacked by three white teen-agers on his way to school in the Bronx yesterday morning. He was punched and smeared with white makeup on his face in what police called a copycat crime--a black brother and sister were similarly attacked last week by a group of youths who claimed to belong to a gang calling itself ABI (Albanian Boys Inc.). The boy said there wee people all around but no one helped him.

Profiles briefly some of the eight victims of the stampede at City College in New York City, where a rap-star-studded basketball game was played to raise funds for AIDS education.

States that after years of criticism that impoverished and politically powerless neighborhoods were forced to accept shelters and other unpopular services for the homeless, the Dinkins Administration has proposed 35 sites for a network of 24 smallshelters, most of them in middle-class areas. But residents are rising to fight against what they see as an assault on their way of life.

Tells of three young girls being raped by two armed men who pushed their way into an upper Manhattan apartment, tied up the five children and one man who were there and ransacked the home. Investigators believe that the two suspects may be responsible for several other incidents of rape and robbery in the Inwood section.

Describes the pleasures of Orchard Beach in the Bronx. Coney Island may have the Cyclone, and Jones Beach may have been the favorite of Robert Moses, New York City's master builder of half a century ago, but Orchard Beach is where ordinary folks with little else but imagination concoct their own islands of relaxation.

Comments on the sidewalk preachers who pound the pavements in New York City looking for souls to save. Although many people pass by and don't listen, the preachers are undeterred, viewing their work as planting seeds of doubt among the sinners, or hope among those teetering on society's edges.

Comments on the growth and vitality of the Indian community in New York City. Population more than 94,000 in 1990 from about 6,000 in 1970; Stream of professionals; Successful blending into the city's economic mainstream; $4.5 million addition being made to temple; Tension between parents and children over maintaining traditional values or adopting American customs.

Describes the two-alarm fire at 2610 Grand Avenue where five members of the family of Tran Bu Suu died and Mr. Suu suffered burns on his arms and face. Safety ladders and smoke alarms allowed six to climb to safety.

Tells about the house where Nancy Reagan's parents lived when Nancy was born and where she lived for two years. The house was first described by Kitty Kelly in her book `Nancy Reagan, the Unauthorized Biography.'

Says that New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins announced that a ticker-tape parade will be held for troops returning from the Persian Gulf War. It will be paid for through donations collected by a committee of private citizens, and will include an ecumenical religious service and a fireworks display during the week of May 11 (Armed Forces Week).

Comments on the indiscriminate assaults and the killing of youths for their expensive shearling coats or designer jackets--a practice which has become commonplace in New York City. Although many youths have given up wearing expensive clothes and jewelry on the streets, there is no sure way to avoid becoming targets of spontaneous violence. Protective measures.

Discusses the clash between the growing Satmar Hasidic population in New York City's Williamsburg Bridge area and the longtime Hispanic residents. Hispanic complaints of threats, beatings, and sexual assaults on women; Hasidim denial, blaming a few troublemakers for stirring up resentment; Demonstration by Hasidim protesting the arrest of a sect member; Police criticized.

Tells about the Intervale Jewish Center in the South Bronx, the area's only surviving Orthodox Jewish synagogue. The small congregation clings tenaciously to its traditions in a neighborhood which is mainly Hispanic.

Tells how the lengthy black-led boycott of two Korean-owned grocery stores in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn has affected other merchants nearby.

Says that members of New York City's Korean-American community see one benefit of the long, bitter boycott of two Korean-owned stores--it has mobilized their community and spurred it to integrate itself into the city's political life. Korean-Americans for Social Concerns; Rally outside City Hall.

Reports that 19 gasoline bombs were discovered during the weekend on the roof of the Family Red Apple, one of two Korean-owned grocery stores that have been the target of an eight-month boycott.

Describes the tiny tropical worlds that some Puerto Ricans have created out of the debris of abandoned houses and vacant lots in New York City. They are local gathering spots and centers of neighborhood social life, and officials fear that, while they are illegal, if they were demolished the community would be enraged.