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$33 million for local roads IMPAIRED DRIVER KILLS BY PATRICK ROCCHIO Major changes are planned for a swath of east Bronx roads and highways that will fi nally unclog an everyday bottleneck. 3 IN HALLOWEEN HORROR Assemblyman Michael Bene- detto, working with the state De- partment of Transportation, has Out-of-control obtained an approximately $33 million traffi c mitigation plan for I-95 between Country Club Road and car takes off the Hutchinson River Parkway, Pelham Parkway and for a new exit BY ROBERT WIRSING off the Hutch into Co-op City. On Halloween, a day of trick It is fully funded in the state or treating turned into a terrible budget and ready to go. nightmare, that left three dead, The changes do not require any including a 10-year-old girl. new large-scale infrastructure, but On Saturday, October 31 at uses existing underutilized areas 4:53 p.m. an out-of-control vehicle near the roadways and a new ex- went air born near the intersec- tended onramp to create new traf- tion of Morris Park and Bogart fi c patterns for the area. avenues, mounted the sidewalk The propsed plan, which could and struck several individuals be completed in just a few years, celebrating the holiday. would reduce entrances and exits Police offi cers from the 49th onto I-95 from seven to four in the Precinct discovered Louis Perez, vicinity of Pelham Parkway. 65, of 755 Morris Park Avenue, It will create two new intersec- unconscious and unresponsive tions for highway access just east having sustained servere head and west of the highway on Pelham trauma after being hit by a black Parkway, said the assemblyman. 2011 Dodge Charger. “Most of the changes will be di- Five others were also hit, be- rected at alleviating a lot of the I-95 fore the car slammed through a (north) corridor backup that exists fence. beginning around the Country EMS responded to the accident Club Road exit and extends up to Police and fi re workers investigate the accident that claimed three lives on Halloween. Photo by David Greene Continued on Page 4 Pelham Parkway,” said Benedetto, who added “The state DOT, being creative and thinking outside of the box, has suggested a number of improvements and changes to this whole situation.” Community mourns loss of Ben Randazzo Beside the amount of traffi c on these roadways that necessitate BY STEVEN GOODSTEIN family’s business on Arthur Av- ence Avenue) after they bought the Benedetto’s chief of staff in 2007. the new measures, DOT believes Throggs Neck is mourning the enue, Randazzo’s Fish Market, in property with other parties, a loca- In that position, Benny was in- that the amount of entrances and loss of a caring, kind and commu- the late 1960s after briefl y working tion they would both operate until strumental in organizing two of exits in the I-95 north roadway in nity-comes-fi rst type individual. for the original AT&T company. the early 2000s. Throggs Neck’s biggest annual such a short span is a major factor Ben ‘Benny’ Randazzo, an Many of Benny’s business bud- After selling the marina, Benny events - the Halloween Day Parade contributing to the traffi c slowing 74-year-old lifelong Throggs Neck dies often referred to him as ‘Red’ was introduced to Assemblyman along East Tremont Avenue and down, indicated Benedetto. resident, passed away on Monday, because of his red hair, somewhat Michael Benedetto after Benny’s the Christmas Tree Lighting at De- The DOT’s ideas, would still al- November 2, fi lling many local res- unusual for an individual of Ital- son, Frank, who was a member of rosa O’Boyle Triangle. low for the same amount of access idents with sadness and sorrow. ian descent. Benedetto’s Chippewa Democratic At about 9:15 a.m. on Saturday onto I-95 southbound and north- Born on August 28, 1941 to In October 1966, Benny married Club, had recommended that his morning, while setting up for this bound, would also be a boon for Frank and Mary Randazzo, Benny his wife Maria. father work for Benedetto part- year’s Halloween Day Parade, pedestrians looking to reach Co-op attended and graduated from In the early 1980s, along with time. Benny suddenly became uncon- City by providing traffi c controls Mount St. Michael Academy and his brother Cosmo, Benny ran the After working part-time for scious and unresponsive. Continued on Page 4 eventually began working at his Shelter Cove Marina (near Clar- a few years, he was appointed as Continued on Page 11

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RHOOD BO - YO CB4’s DM announces resignation GH U EI R N N E BY STEVEN GOODSTEIN ever, I am also looking forward to R W The district manager of Commu- this new opportunity along with U S O nity Board 4 recently announced other opportunities that will fol- ® Y

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Park Morris ata fence 936 and wall abrick through crashing before destrians pe- six struck and sidewalk the enue. mounted It then bound oncontinued traveling Morris west- the Park double Av- yellow ofaToyota Camry. rear line the enue when hebumped and bound on west- traveling was Unger Morristion into incident Park revealed Av-spokesman, an investiga- condition. ble sta- in listed where heis ter EMS to Jacobi Medical Cen- by transported was driver ing car. oncom- her away the from roic grandfather pushing due herhe- to unharmed herfamily, but with was trick-or-treating was Aquil pital. been released from the hos- life-threatening injuries. for non- treated be to Center ported to Jacobi Medical trans- were Leka Greata old Kristian’s fi and old sister, Leka Fiona nine-year Kristian’s Aquil; granddaughter, Jasmina dead. pronounced were where they Center cal transported to Jacobi Medi- Avenue, Park Morris were of716 Aquil Nyanna grader 5th and Road, Unionport Kristian Leka, of 1733 said. police scene, at the dead Perez pronounced and 1 Page from Police added the investi- the added Police over veered then car His NYPD an to According Unger, the Howard 52, old Sanaya Eight-year have since three All Perez’s old three-year Twenty-four-year-old 3 inHalloween horror Impaired driver kills driver Impaired PRESIDENT & PUBLISHER: CEO: Jennifer Goodstein ace 21-year ancée, Les Goodstein Les during this diffi ship with the Perez family develop to come arelation- I’ve and years forily many fam- Leka the known “I’ve semblyman Mark Gjonaj. estatereal offi private my from away block literally happened about a site.at the grown has victims for the avenues. 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rade. pa- the for ‘Batman’ as dressed tara Alcan- Eri and (Far (l-r) Josiah left) Cuebas. Photo by Silvio Pacifi Silvio by Photo co Cuebas. Matthew and Ishmeil Gramble, Lisa (l-r) offi Vacca’s James man children with ce Council- from Rivendeneyra Michael and Cuebas Elizabeth Cuebas, Gabriel Vacca, offi Crowley’s Joe James Councilman ce, Congressman from Tom Messina (l-r) (5) festival. Photo by Silvio Pacifi Silvio by Photo co festival. the during Pentecost Sidney and Angelina with Roman Alice and Erica (l-r) (Bottom) Pacifi bySilvio Photo co fair. street and carnival the ing dur- Rios Ailamme and Emmanuel paints face Lusk (l-r) Sandy (Left) the parade. parade. the during gather Clark Darcel Judge and Vacca James Councilman offi Crowley’s Joe gressman ce, Con- Tomfrom Klein, Messina Jeff Senator Benedetto, chael Mi- (l-r) Assemblyman (Top left) Crowley. Joe Congressman and Klein Jeff Senator Vacca, James Councilman with along Benedetto, Michael man byAssembly- sponsored primarily was parade The place. took contest costume fair, and street carnival fiLeague aHalloween where elds, Little Neck Throgs the at ended Neck Expressway Road Service and to Throgs the continued enues, Tremont East av- and Harding on started which holiday. parade, The national to the celebrate out came costumes inHalloween dressed residents local where 31, October Saturday, on held was Parade een Hallow- Neck Throggs annual The Photo by Silvio Pacifi Silvio by Photo co parade. the during Danika, dog, her with offiing poses Precinct, 45th the of cer command- and captain Raia, (4) Danielle RIGHT HAND PAGE Photo by Silvio Pacifi Silvio by Photo co Photo by Silvio Pacifi Silvio by Photo co Photo by Laura Stone Laura by Photo 7 BRONX WEEKLY November 8, 2015 www.BXTimes.com 5 (11) Aiden Martinez and Jenna Castro Castro Jenna and Martinez Aiden (11) parade. the during 10 4 8 7 9 6 3 2 1 Photo by Laura Stone Photo by Laura Stone Photo by Silvio Pacifi co Photo by Silvio Pacifi

Photo by Laura Stone camera shy and is not pictured. laleya Katechis (Bride of Frankenstein) was was Frankenstein) of (Bride Katechis laleya Michael Benedetto. First place winner, Cate- Grinch Stole Christmas with Assemblyman with Christmas Stole Grinch Valentina Vazquez (Cindy Lou from How The and under: (l-r) Julian Alonzo (Hulk) and Costume contest winners, four years old

tana (Wonder Woman) during the carnival. (10) Julius Lopez (The Flash) and Ishani San- Ishani and Flash) (The Lopez Julius (10)

the carnival following the parade. (8) Emily Fernandez sold stuffed animals at

man Michael Benedetto man, Jose Padilla rst (fi place) with Assembly- gelina Curbelo (third place), Headless Horse- (second place), Abby from Monster High, An- years old: (l-r) grinch, Leonardo Vazquez (7) Costume contest winners, eight to ten Michael Benedetto. Photo by Laura Stone Beckles (second place) with Assemblyman with place) (second Beckles (fi rst place) and fat Grim Reaper, Adrian (fi Malefi cent Star Norwach with her dragon Malefi old: (l-r) werewolf, Jabari Reid (third place), (9) Costume contestwinners, 11 to 13 years Photo by Laura Stone Assemblyman Michael Benedetto Benedetto Assemblyman Michael bubble gum Angela Ortiz (third place) with place), cake Karoline Jessino (second place), years old: (l-r) astronaut Liam Lopez (fi rst years old: (l-r) astronaut Liam Lopez (fi (6) Costume contest winners, fi ve to seven Costume(6) contest winners, fi

Throggs Neck Halloween Parade Parade Halloween Halloween Neck Neck Throggs Throggs Clark elected as new Bronx DA BY STEVEN GOODSTEIN gang violence if he was elected. The results are in to deter- Although he only received 14 mine the next district attorney percent of the borough’s votes, he of the Bronx. was very gracious in defeat as he On Tuesday, November 3, refl ected on the experience. Democratic candidate Darcel “Despite the results, the last Clark garnished nearly 86 per- fi ve weeks of campaigning and cent of the borough’s votes in the getting my name out there has election for the position, making been a truly amazing opportu- her the fi rst woman in the bor- nity that I never thought I would ough’s history to be a DA. be a part of,” said Siano. Clark, who ran against Re- “Maybe this isn’t my time, but publican and Conservative can- I have no regrets and I am look- BRONX WEEKLY November 8, 2015 8 NovemberBRONX WEEKLY 8, 2015 didate Robert Siano, has over 25 ing forward to the opportunities years of combined experience that present themselves in the fu- at the Bronx District Attorney’s ture.” Offi ce and the Bronx County Su- Siano, who will still focus on preme Court. his priorities while continuing At Clark’s ‘Election Night Get his private practice as an attor- Together’, which took place at ney, congratulated his opponent Eastwood Manor following the and thanked his supporters. election voting, Clark thanked “I would like to congratulate her supporters and outlined her Clark (center) celebrates with fellow Democrats after winning the election for Bronx DA. Photo by Silvio Pacifi co District Attorney Darcel Clark plans for the next four years, such for winning this election and as handling prosecution, passing lutions for victims and maximize partment of the Appellate Divi- our borough,” she said. thank my supporters for believ- reforms to reduce violence and active investigations. sion in New York State Supreme Runner-up Siano, Clark’s run- ing in me and helping me get my tackling issues on Rikers Island. “It has been incredibly inspir- Court on Sunday, September 27 to ning opponent, who also has pre- name out there.” She also discussed her VISTA ing to meet so many members of make her run as Bronx DA. vious experience in the New York Clark replaces former DA Plan, which will include a re- the community who are passion- “I stand truly humbled that State Supreme Court, intended to Robert Johnson, who held the structured DA’s offi ce to mini- ate about the Bronx,” said Clark, the voters have provided me with focus on wrongful convictions, position since 1989 and won a mize case transfers, public who stepped down from her po- this opportunity to serve as the drug addiction amongst teenag- judgeship to the state’s Supreme corruption and time sensitive so- sition as justice in the First De- fi rst woman district attorney in ers and young adults as well as Court.

www.BXTimes.com Vacca-sponsored elevator repair bill to become law BY PATRICK ROCCHIO evator is out of service too three months. An east Bronx council- long, said the councilman, Either way, Vacca and man is coming to the rescue when the property owner tenants said that the long of often-stranded Allerton isn’t making the repair in a outage illustrates why his tenants, who are suffering timely fashion. legislation is needed. elevator outages in their “Right now in New York Specifi cally in regard to building. City no agency has the the Wallace Avenue build- As of press time, Mayor wherewithal to do an emer- ing, Vacca cited examples of de Blasio is expected to sign gency repair on an eleva- two tenants in their 80s who into law a bill chiefl y spon- tor, said Vacca, adding “We may have issues climbing sored by Councilman James have…no emergency eleva- and descending staircases Vacca that would establish tor repair program.” because they live on the an emergency elevator re- Councilman Vacca drew fourth and sixth fl oors. (l-r) Baron Spencer, Debra Spencer, Councilman James Vacca, Fernando Colon, Robert Piotrowski and pair program in the city by attention to the needs of ten- “When you have women Ramona Lopez stand in front of the only elevator at 2714 Wallace Avenue, that tenants say hasn’t July 2016 or sooner. ants suffering from elevator with children, expectant The law, which is slated outages on Monday, Novem- mothers and senior citizens, worked in four to fi ve months. Vacca called on the landlord, who was on site during his visit, to make for the mayor’s signature ber 2, when he met with ten- an elevator is not a luxury, the repairs immediately. Community News Group / Patrick Rocchio on Wednesday, November 3, ants at 2714 Wallace Avenue. it is necessity,” said Vacca mandates that the Depart- The tenants who met as he stood with tenants out- on the second fl oor and who lems. trance doors, non-working ment of Housing Preserva- with Vacca said that the side the building. said he had reached out to “I climb the stairs four or intercoms and spotty heat- tion and Development hire only elevator in the six-story Tenant Fernando Co- the Neighborhood Initia- fi ve times a day,” she said, ing. It also appears that the appropriate contractors to building has been out of ser- lon, who is disabled, added tives Development Corpora- adding that she has started city has baited the building fi x elevators and bill land- vice for about four to fi ve that he is having diffi cul- tion and Councilman Vacca going to the grocery store for rats. lords once the Department months. ties walking up the stairs to foster change at the build- more frequently so she does “(The landlord) is now of Buildings issues a viola- A man at the location, because he had an operation ing. not have to carry so many saying he is fi xing the eleva- tion. who said he was the land- that affected his feet and he Fifth fl oor resident Ra- bags upstairs at one time. tor…and that it will be done DOB currently issues lord, but declined to give his is also a diabetic. mona Lopez said she is hav- Tenants said the building in two weeks,” said Vacca, violation after violation to full name, said that the ele- “It is still a bad position ing trouble with the stairs has other problems as well: adding “I’ll believe it when a building owner if an el- vator had been out for about to me,” said Colon, who lives because she has heart prob- a leaky roof, unsecured en- I see it.” 9 BRONX WEEKLY November 8, 2015 www.BXTimes.com All photos by Edwin Soto

Honoree John Msgr. A. Ruvo receiving award from Michael Mon- giovi.

Rita Calabro, Jonathan of theowers dinner from Morris Fr. dance committee, received ﬂ (l-r) Marge Marcone, honoree John Msgr. Ruvo, Joseph Aragonesi and honoree Carmen Navedo.

Belmont’s favorite singer Dion DiMucci, with Jon (c) and Dellamonica. Josephine

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Mount Carmel MountMount Carmel Carmel Dinner Dance DinnerDinner Dance former pastor Msgr. John Ruvo and church volunteers Car- volunteers was Dance Dinner 109th Annual Carmel’s Mount Lady of Our church and Ruvo John was event the during 25. Honored October on Sunday, held Msgr. pastor former Bizzarro. and Rosanna Navedo men Tony Signorile,Tony (l) Rosemary DeLuca and actor Dominic Chianese. (l-r) Honorees Rosanna Bizzarro, John Msgr. A. Ruvo and Carmen Jonathan Navedo, with Fr. Morris and Bishop Genald Walsh. (l-r) Fr. Jonathan(l-r) Morris, Fr. Jerome Raguso, Signorile Tony and Domink Chianese, who appeared on the HBO series Sopranos.’ ‘The

11 2015 8, WEEKLY BRONX November Jacobi Medical Ctr. displays domestic violence artwork

BY ROBERT WIRSING staff members and many of words or designs that con- than me and follow your Art can help heal even the hospital’s patients cre- vey their own experiences instincts, they will protect the most deepest of personal ated their own shirts ex- with domestic violence and you.” scars. pressing their thoughts and are written in different lan- “I am very proud of this For the entire month of emotions regarding this guages such as Spanish, Al- person for doing this and ex- October, Jacobi Medical community-wide public banian and Creole as well as a mple s s uc h a s t h i s o n e s p e a k Center served as host to the health epidemic. English of the ability this project has ‘Clothesline Project’, a vi- According to Karen Co- Some of the shirts on dis- in reaching people, validat- sual display reveals violence hen, licensed social worker play send powerful messages ing themselves and fi nding against women and as its in JMC’s emergency room, such as “if he hits you, he strength in numbers,” said namesake suggests features the hospital has held this ex- doesn’t love you” and “don’t Cohen. “Healing is part of shirts decorated to represent hibition for four years and blame yourself” among the puzzle that these victims a particular woman’s experi- this year’s edition saw ap- many others. need and art helps provide ence whether a survivor or proximately 150 shirts on Cohen shared one in- that for them.” someone close to one which display inside Building 8’s stance of how powerful an Children and adults are hung from a clothesline. Atrium for visitors, staff and affect this art exhibit has alike have participated Throughout all of October, Jacobi Medical Center displayed shirts Originating in Massa- patients to view as they pass had on spectators. in the annual Clothesline expressing domestic violence survivors’ thoughts and emotions chusetts in 1990, the Clothes- through. “It was during our fi rst Project helping to better on the issue in a visually stunning Clothesline Project display in- line Project’s mission is to educate people on domestic Cohen explained the proj- year we were holding the side the hospital. Photo courtesy of Jacobi Medical Center bear witness to the domes- ect’s participants who come Clothesline Project display violence. tic violence survivors and from all walks of life and cul- that I noticed a shirt that had Some shirts, created by victims; aid in the healing tures fi nd working on these not been there the day before children, read “don’t hit and it really helps educate can contact Safe Horizon’s process for people who have shirts to be an incredibly and realized it was placed mommy” and “stop the vio- people,” she said free anonymous domestic lost a loved one or are survi- therapeutic experience. there some time during the lence”. Cohen said anyone expe- violence and abuse hotline vors of domestic violence; to “I have seen through the night,” said Cohen. Cohen said patients riencing domestic violence at (800) 621-4673. educate, document and raise years people become very That shirt read “Better to sometimes dedicate shirts society’s awareness of this emotional while working on be alone than be beaten. My they make to family mem- problem’s extent and to pro- these shirts and visitors to guys were always normal bers who have or are ex- vide a nationwide network of the exhibit are always moved and boring, so I chose a guy periencing domestic vio-

support, encouragement and by all of the messages con- who was edgy, wild and ex- lence. Call www.BXTimes.com information for other com- veyed on them,” said Cohen. citing. On our third date, he “The Clothesline Project munities starting their own Participants create shirts beat me up for hours. I was sparks discussion among Clothesline Projects. by cutting them out of paper trapped and all the time he people who’ve experienced Jacobi Medical Center and decorating them with was laughing. Be smarter domestic violence before 718.260.2555 Community mourns loss of Ben Randazzo ..to advertise

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