June 11, 1982

The State Legislature tonight approved a bill that would allow New York City to impose a surcharge on the city income taxes paid by its residents. The bill was passed by the Assembly by a vote of 83 to 51, and won approval minutes later in the State Senate, 51 to 4. The income tax proposal was among a series of bills allowing New York City to raise about $170 million in new taxes approved by both houses of the Legislature. Governor Carey is expected to sign all the bills, and the City Council is virtually certain to ratify all the taxes.

A State Supreme Court justice ruled yesterday that Consolidated Edison's ''gross negligence'' was responsible for the 1977 blackout in New York City and that a trial must be held to determine what damages may be owed to the city. The ruling, by Justice Michael J. Dontzin of Manhattan, came in a $123.1 million lawsuit that had been brought jointly in 1978 by Mayor Koch, on behalf of the city, and by 14 governmental agencies, including the Health and Hospitals Corporation, the Offtrack Betting Corporation and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The city has sought $110 million in damages. The blackout plunged the entire city, except part of Queens, into darkness at 9:36 P.M. on July 13, 1977. The blackout lasted up to 25 hours in some areas, and power was not completely restored until 10:40 P.M. on July 14. More than three million households were affected.

The House adopted a conservative budget plan, breaking a lengthy stalemate. The plan would provide the largest peacetime increase in military spending ever, at the expense of social programs. The vote, a triumph for President Reagan, came after he intervened by phone from Bonn. (Page A1.) Soon after the vote, prices of Treasury securities rose and interest rates fell. (D5.) The U.S. has decided to impose duties on certain steel imports from Europe after a finding that the products are being sold in the U.S. at unfairly low prices. A Commerce Department official said the finding would be announced today, unless a last-minute compromise could be reached on export quotas. Both American and European officials said that such an agreement seemed unlikely. (D1.)

The Agriculture Department today sharply reduced its earlier estimate of this year's Soviet grain crop, forecasting that the Russians would harvest only 185 million metric tons because of poor growing conditions this spring in the major crop areas. If the revised forecast is accurate, it would be the fourth consecutive year of disappointing harvests for the Soviet Union, which has become the world's leading importer of grains. Last month, the forecast was for 200 million tons.

A stage comedy, shadow puppets, dance and music are the fare of the Second Asian Summer Gala this weekend at Queens Theater in the Park in Flushing Meadow. The Pan Asian Repertory Theater will present Edward Sakamoto's comedy ''Yellow Is My Favorite Color'' today at 3 P.M. (free) and tonight at 8 and tomorrow at 3 and 8 ($7; $5 for students and the elderly). Chen Hsueh-Tung & Dancers will perform modern works on Sunday at 3. ($5; $4 for students and the elderly.) And on Sunday at 7, the Yueh Lung Shadow Theater will present a traditional drama with translucent figures manipulated behind a back-lit screen. The figures as well as Chinese musical instruments will be demonstrated. ($5; $4 for students and the elderly). Reservations: 592-5700. In addition, the Yueh Lung company will perform and demonstrate at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 914 Richmond Terrace on Staten Island Saturday at 1:30 and 4 P.M. ($1.50; $1 for children and the elderly). Reservations: 448-2500.