The technical affairs commissioner eventually decided that sprinklers on the first two floors would be enough.

When asked to explain the change, department officials said they believed the technical affairs commissioner realized that the yard requirement was a mistake.

She was appointed cultural affairs commissioner by Mayor Koch.

"The downtown already had most of the museums," said Lois Weisberg, the city's cultural affairs commissioner.

Jim Clyburn, state human affairs commissioner, won in South Carolina.

"It really was a question of who had access," said Kate D. Levin, the city's cultural affairs commissioner.

"It's been slow," said Schuyler Chapin, the city's cultural affairs commissioner.

Kate D. Levin, the cultural affairs commissioner, said the city's arts institutions had made out fairly well, considering the overall economic situation.

Kate D. Levin, the cultural affairs commissioner, called the museum "a compelling investment for the city."

Kate D. Levin, the cultural affairs commissioner, said the city was being kept up to date on the merger talks.