He quickly signed on at an energetic new firm, Kaufman, Weitzner & Celler, whose founding partners included a future Federal judge and a Brooklyn Congressman.

Hank Morris, who is Mr. Schumer's campaign consultant, said the Brooklyn Congressman would also sign.

The main effect of his attempts to depict the Brooklyn Congressman as an urban enemy of agriculture was that Mr. Schumer began wearing plaid shirts in his commercials.

It was broadcast yesterday in western New York, where Mr. Schumer's advisers say the Brooklyn Congressman is not well known.

And Mr. Schumer, the Brooklyn Congressman, said: "Al D'Amato, you cannot improve the schools by playing politics with education.

Emanuel Celler, a longtime Brooklyn Congressman, was an initial tenant, as was Adolf A. Berle Jr., the diplomat and lawyer.

Mr. Owens's slate was supported by his father, Major Owens, the Brooklyn Congressman, and by the local state senator, Velmanette Montgomery.

The Brooklyn Congressman also promised to "erase the skepticism" of upstate voters, telling them, "I am going to be here repeatedly."

New York City and state officials and a Brooklyn Congressman reacted today with varying degrees of scorn and disappointment over President Bush's budget.

Charles E. Schumer, the Brooklyn Congressman who was a sponsor of the crime bill, said yesterday that the shooting illustrated the importance of a provision of the crime bill.