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Bronx Miss Columbus Crowned Court Wednesday CF:8C :C8JJ@=@<;J @EJ@;< September 29, 2013 Your Neighborhood — Your News® Mobster three sons HEP A arrested BY BOB KAPPSTATTER Once the king of Throggs EATERY Neck, Bronx mobster Vincent (Vinnie Gorgeous) Basciano can’t be a very happy father these days. Besides spending 23 hours a day in a cramped cell for the rest of his life, the man who once ruled the Bronx and beyond as acting head of the Bonanno crime fam- ily has just seen three of his sons PANIC busted by the feds and facing their own heavy duty jail time. Described by federal authori- Six people infected at New Hawaii Sea ties as mob associates, Vincent Jr., Joseph and Stephen Basciano were arrested along with two BY DAVID CRUZ for a free hep A shot. Many others other suspects on drug traffi cking Photo by Alex Belisle The Bronx restaurant where went to their own doctors. charges involving a cross-coun- six persons came down with hepa- Five patrons at the Asian-fu- try marijuana distribution ring titis A will remain closed for now. sion restaurant one restaurant that allegedly moved hundreds to But it will be for renovation worker came down with the vi- thousands of pounds of weed. work, said a spokesman for the rus, with the health department All three pleaded not guilty New Hawaii Sea Restaurant in putting out an alert to customers in Manhattan Federal Court to Westchester Square. on Sept. 19 and ordering the res- narcotics conspiracy charges on Nearly 2800 customers heeded taurant closed. Wednesday, Sept. 18. If convicted, OLA Back To School BBQ the city Health Department’s The original source of the out- they face prison terms of up to 40 A bright-eyed Julia Vieni, 4, shows off her fresh face at Our Lady of the warning, stopping by Lehman break was a waiter at the restau- years. Assumption’s Back to School BBQ on September 20th. High School between Sept. 21-23 Continued on page 4 Witness testimony “We have seized evidence, re- cordings and compelling witness testimony,” Assistant U.S. Attor- ney Rebecca Mermelstein said in Bronx Miss Columbus crowned court Wednesday. According to the indictment, at one point a confi dential infor- BY PATRICK ROCCHIO ter of extracurricular activities, school guidance counselor. mant complained over the phone The Bronx’s Miss Columbus including playing on the school’s “When they called me the day to co-defendent ElonValentine has a story to tell. basketball team. after the interview and congratu- about the “poor quality” of the Giuliana Izzo, an aspiring She was crowned at the Bronx lated me on winning the scholar- marijuana supplied by Joseph criminal justice lawyer from Bel- Columbus Day Parade Dinner on ship, I was told that one of the rea- Basciano. mont and this year’s winner of Sunday, Sept. 22 after being cho- sons that I won is because when Vincent Jr., 32, was released the scholarship sponsored by the sen by a panel of teachers who I grow up I want to start my own on $500,000 bond, and Joseph, 27, Generoso Pope Foundation, has narrowed down a large number scholarship for Italian-American was sprung on $250,000 bond. But not let adversity get her down. of applications to three semi-fi - students,” she said. “There are Stephen, 29, was held pending an She dealt with the passing of nalists. not a lot of scholarship opportuni- additional hearing after prosecu- her father in 2009 with grace and The event was a prelude to the ties for us.” tors said they have tapes of him courage, going on to earn a 4.0 Sunday, Oct. 13 Bronx Columbus Bronx Columbus Parade or- brother boasting about owning grade point average into her se- Day Parade in Morris Park. ganizer/scholarship organizer weapons and shooting at people. nior year at Maria Regina High Izzo said she was encouraged Tony Signorile said Izzo’s dinner 2013 Miss Columbus Giuliana Izzo Continued on page 4 School while keeping a full ros- to apply for the scholarship by a Continued on page 11 Photo courtesy of Giuliana Izzo A CNG Publication • Vol. 672 No. No. 39 5 • Vol. 67 No. 5 UPDATED EVERY DAY AT BXTIMES.COM Mentally ill out of Pelham Grand Facility turned out to be welcomed, or at least tolerated BY PATRICK ROCCHIO Yves Ades, SUS’s chief ing facility. follow or that it might be- A displaced group home operations officer who ad- Oddo said that some come a homeless shelter. for adults recovering from dressed Community Board people living nearby that As previously reported, mental illness has moved 10 on Thursday, Septem- he had spoken to now said the building owner, a bil- out of a controversial Pel- ber 19, was cheered at one they were sad to see the fa- lionaire head of a satel- ham Bay facility. point, with board mem- cility go. lite communications firm Locals now wonder bers thanking him and “They were here, and named Moujan Vahdat, what could be next for the his organization for keep- we really did not have a has spent years facilitat- Pelham Parkway build- ing their word to be out of preponderance of prob- ing the opening of social ing. the community as soon as lems...there were just a service operations in the Services for the Under- repairs to their Rockaway couple of issues that got Bronx and elsewhere. Served made the former facility were complete. handled quickly,” said He owns a family shel- Pelham Bay Hospital, now The move into Pel- Oddo. “We had people who ter at 587 Wales Avenue in called the Pelham Grand, ham Bay had originally were victims of a disaster Melrose and another facil- home for 65 men displaced sparked concern among who had their needs met, ity for those living with from SUS’s Rockaway, locals, who were not sure and it was not done in a HIV/AIDS in East Harlem. Queens building by Super- what they were getting. way that was overly dis- “The concern is that storm Sandy. “I think we demon- ruptive.” we are dealing with the The group moved out by strated that the fears are Ades said his group unknown and we really Sunday, Sept. 15 to return unfounded, and that we chose the building be- don’t have a good mecha- to their former facility. are good neighbors,” said cause they could have the nism for addressing it,” Joe Oddo, chairman Ades, who thanked the entire building to them- said Oddo. “I think the of a community advisory board for supporting peo- selves and because it was first thing we need to do is board set up to act as a li- ple who would have other- Community members toured the Services for the UnderServed fa- large enough to accommo- set up a meaningful rela- aison between the commu- wise been homeless. cility in Pelham Bay in January. They are now out of the building. date all those displaced by tionship with the landlord nity and the facility, said He noted in an inter- SuperStorm Sandy . moving forward so we can that the operators had view that in the nine The community had be of help to him and he made good on their pledge months since the men one living there. Assumption D’Urso Pa- been concerned since the can help us.” to be out within nine moved in, there were no The building had been vilion closed. It was later program moved into the months of arriving. incidents involving any- vacant since Our Lady of scuttled as an assisted liv- building that others could City Island residents object to bridge design BY PATRICK ROCCHIO one of the things that at- It’s a bridge that City Is- tracts residents and visitors land doesn’t want. who are seeking an break WWW.BXTIMES.COM BRONX WEEKLY September 29, 2013 2 WEEKLY BRONX WWW.BXTIMES.COM And locals made their from the high-rise environ- feelings clear at a Town ment all around the city. Hall meeting where the city The new design could set Department of Transporta- the community up to lose tion presented its plans for its small-town appeal. a new City Island Bridge. “If we set precedence A number of residents that allows a 140-foot struc- pushed back on the city plan ture at the entrance to the at a packed Community island, it becomes very Board 10 Town Hall meet- hard to argue against a de- ing Monday, Sept. 23, with veloper who wants to put many saying the proposed up a giant apartment build- bridge, a sleek, soaring ing,” he said. modernistic affair, was out The current bridge, he At artist rendering of the new City Island Bridge as proposed. of character for the quaint added, is a “welcome to the sea-side community. City Island’s bridge - the only way to access the island by foot or our neighborhood bridge,” Construction on a tem- car from the mainland - is over 100 years old. When it was com- while the proposed bridge bridge that the overwhelm- lier, said the existing bridge porary bridge, being built pleted, there were few automobiles on the road. by Patrick Rocchio is a “welcome to Las Vegas ing number of residents op- ranked a 3.3 out of seven so the existing bridge can bridge.” pose,” he said. “The bridge during a recent bi-annual be demolished, is set to be- Community activ- is yet another illustration bridge inspection - a weak gin on Sept.
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