European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday March 26.19bb health officials accused of extortion new York map City inspectors extorted hundreds of thousands of doll in from restaurant by threatening locate them Tor health code violation turning the department of health Inq a  of wealth Aulhorn pics mid thursday. A oui 300 of new York City s  restaurants were victimized from fast final establishments 10 Little ethnic places 10 some Tony Manhattan spots authorities wid. The Fri said the restaurants were in All five boroughs Twenty eight people including health inspectors supervisors and former health department employees acting As middlemen shared he extortion Money the authorities said. The restaurant owners would dread seeing these inspectors pull up in their Cadillac said Jan Fox assistant director in charge of the Fri s new York of acc. They turned the department of health into their own department or  lie said the employees probably Dou bled or tripled their annual salaries of s25.000 to 130.000. . Attorney Andrew Paloncy of Brooklyn said the restaurants names would be kept secret Bee aus they Are considered victim and became the in formation could hinder a grand jury investigation. Ait investigation by the Fri and City department of investigation that led to thursday s arrests found a longstanding systemic pattern of corruption a Loncy said the department of investigation and Fri combined their separate investigations dubbed Kitchen net and opera Tion Sanije weep. Respectively in i9s6. They used a combination of confidential informants undercover agents and phys ical and electronic surveillance Foi said that if a restaurant owner refused to pay off an inspector during a regular inspection the inspector would claim to find mouse droppings or dead Liti and threaten to Issue violations and in some cases close the restaurant. A confidential informant to a authorities he and another inspector made up to six slops a Day and collected s500 la 51,000 in payoffs from owners at each restaurant according to Fox. The payoffs were shared with inspectors supervisors authorities said. One senior inspector was called hungry Joe because he made so Many demands. In addition he Laid former health department inspector and others established consulting companies that would advise restaurants on How to pass inspections and would act As middlemen for the extortion. Supervisors allegedly would mom mend these consulting services to restau rants and then take a percentage of the consultation tee authorities said. The current City employees named in the Federal complaint included the super visor of the department s code enforce ment unit the supervisor of the Crook Lyn Queens Borough inspection unit two supervising Public health sanitarians four senior Public health sanitarians and Minser Flora six people were accused of acting at consultants including three former health inspectors. Paloncy said the charges represent about one third of the employees re spoil sible for enforcing the City s a Cali code Twenty four defendants were arrested thursday. One remained at Large and three were out of town and would be resumed to new York shortly. Each was charged with extortion and if convicted would face a maximum of 20 years in prison and a Fine of j250.000. The health department employees were suspended said City health com missioner Stephen Joseph. Mayor Edward i. Koch whose administration has seen numerous corruption scandals said he was nol shocked by the allegations it s regular that people in Public and private sector will engage in venality and corruption said Koch reacting to Anne Frank movie Mlp Girs Cente minor of Anne Frank remembered Ami her Hibline Jan Glei discuss a new movie based on the toll the film titled the attic the hiding of Anne Frank his just premiered in new York. At left it Mary  who plan the role of Mlp go to the movie. Prosecutor alleges sex mayor illegally retained some assets Syracuse . A a Federal prosecutor has alleged that former mayor Lee Alexander sentenced to 10 years in prison for running a it. 5 million extortion kick Back scheme did not surrender All of his illegal profits. Alexander one of die most visible . Mayors of the 1970s, also was ordered to repay the City s 100,000 in lieu of a 1100,000 Fine recommended by prosecutors. We re satisfied. It s what we requested and recommended and what we Felt was appropriate . Attorney Frederick a Scullin said after the sentencing thursday. But Sutlin said he still does t think Alexander has been truthful about surrendering All his assets As slip plated in the plea bargain the former mayor made Wilh the government Jan. 6, Alexander has turned Over �1.4 million to the government but Scullin alleged during thursday s hearing that Alexander is hiding 1200,000 and has lied about other kickbacks. Alexander 60, who spent 16 years As mayor of new York s fifth largest City had faced up to 30 years in prison for his admission to charges of  conspiracy to obstruct a government investigation and tax evasion. But us District judge Thomas j. Mcavoy followed the sen lending recommendation made by prosecutors. I be brought great pain to my loved ones and the peo ple of my City and stand Here now ready for my punish ment Alexander said at the close of a 10-Minutc statement he gave before his sentence was pronounced the punishment you arc about to impose on me. Palco against the pain and remorse 1  Alexander was indicted july 16, 1487, by a special grand jury Impan eled 1s months earlier to investigate Public corruption in Syracuse. Alexander initially denied the charges. Bui he sought a plea bargain after being faced with evidence the government had gathered including testimony from Alexander s Bagman and other co conspirators. He admitted running the extortion Kickback scheme during his four terms As Syracuse mayor Between 1970 and 19se. A 40-count Federal grand jury indictment charged that Alexander extorted kickbacks of up to 2i percent from businessmen professionals and Consul Tants doing work in the City. Alexander will be eligible for parole Afler about 40 months bul Scullin said he Beh a vhf Alexander win serve at least five years. He must surrender by april j 4. Also thursday seven co conspirators were sentenced to terms ranging up to 2 Vij years. Stateside Disneyland hotel workers told to shave or be fired Anaheim Calif. A six Disneyland hotel workers who rebelled against he magic kingdom s ban on facial hair have been suspended for three Days without pay and Given an order to shave or be tired. The hotel s 1,600 workers recently came under the famed amusement Park s dress and grooming codes when their former Boss he Wrather corp., sold the property to the Walt Disney co. The dress code established in 1957, bans facial hair on men mandates Short haircuts and bars women from wearing heavy makeup Long fingernails or exes Sirej Cavelry. Judges split on award so Charity to get Cash new York. At1 judges could not decide which of three novelists should get this year s Ritz farts Hemingway award so the 150,000 prize will be donated to Charity sponsors said thursday. The nominees were Nadine a Orimer of South Africa for a sport of nature Toni Morrison of the United Stales for beloved and Michael Ondatje of Canada far in he skin of a lion the sponsor raid in a news release. None received the required majority Vole from the prize jury. The prize will be split Between the Georges Pompi Dou foundation which helps the aged and the Franco american Volunteer association which helps Handi capped children said Pierre Salinger president of the award jury. The award s Patron is Mohamed at Fayed whose holdings include the hotel Ritz in Paris and harrods in London. Works of late astronaut donated to University Akron. Ohio a technical pacts and Otho scientific documents Judith a. Kresnik used in her astronaut Studick have been donated to the University of Akron by her father. The collection is on display at the University unlit june. It is made up primarily of space Agency briefing booklets that include charts and diagrams of the Pate shuttle and its components.  scientific notes written in the margin by Resnik who grew up i Akron. Resnik 36, was one of seven people killed Jan. 28, 1986, in an explosion of the space shuttle challenger 7 j seconds after  documents were among those found in Resnik i office at Johnson space Center in Houston alter her death said her father Marvin re sniff Ann Bolec a Bilio Grapher who prepared the display said the Materi als Are All unclassified. University officials said the collection will be of interest to people wishing to learn How the space Inutile operated but olters Little information about remit