Death Over Parking Space

Country Club Man Charged with Beating Neighbor to Death Over Parking Space

BRONX, NEW YORK, APRIL 22- District Attorney Robert Johnson announced the Supreme Court arraignment of Gjok Deda (pron: ZH-AWK DAY-dah) in the death of his downstairs neighbor, 68-year-old Ronald Antonucci, in the parking lot of the apartment building they lived in at 1110 Stadium Avenue in the Country Club section of the Bronx.

Deda, who will turn 41 years old later this week, pled not guilty before Supreme Court Justice George Villegas, to the single charge of manslaughter in the first degree, a Class-B Felony.

The row between the two men occurred in the early morning hours of March 19^th, 2015, when Deda allegedly became enraged because Antonucci was backing out of a parking space he felt was too close to him and his daughters. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound Deda is accused of repeatedly punching the older and much smaller 5-foot-8 and 156-pound Antonucci in the head.  Antonucci died shortly after from what the medical examiner described as multiple blunt force trauma to the head.

If convicted of the charges, Deda faces up to 25 years behind bars, and deportation to his home country of Albania. The charges in this indictment are merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

The case against Deda has been adjourned to July 13, 2015 in Part 77, before Justice William Mogulescu, Bronx Supreme Court, 265 E. 161^st Street.  It is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Erin Kelsh of Trial Bureau 20/50.

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Bedford Park News: Nurses claim healthcare crisis in hospitals

Bedford Park News: Nurses claim healthcare crisis in hospitals: Nurses claim healthcare crisis in hospitals (Photo by David Greene) By David Greene   BRONX, NEW YORK, APRIL 21 ...

Nurses claim healthcare crisis in hospitals

Nurses claim healthcare crisis in hospitals

(Photo by David Greene)

By David Greene

 

BRONX, NEW YORK, APRIL 21- Dozens of nurses held demonstrations outside local hospitals and are now headed to get the attention of lawmakers in Albany-- charging that hospitals are dangerously understaffed and overcrowded.

 

According to Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, President of the New York State Nurses Association and a registered nurse at Montefiore Hospital, "Montefiore, unfortunately what they've done is instead of opening up units, they've crushed people together."

 

Gonzalez explained, "They actually admit patients instead of to a room, a stretcher in a hallway on patient units and the conditions are horrible."

 

On April 16, members demonstrated outside several area hospitals seeking support for the 18,000 nurses whose contract expired in January, as well as for the five patients a day on every floor of the hospital, who Gonzalez says must wait in a hallway for an open bed.

 

Gonzalez, who works in the emergency room, painted a frightening picture, stating, "We have patients waiting on respirators for two days. Not every day, not always. But often we have patients waiting for days on end for beds."

 

Charging that area hospitals have "manipulated" Department of Health regulations that permitted patients to be temporarily housed in hallways, Gonzalez claims that the temporary housing of patients has now become standard practice.

 

Gonzalez continued, "What's happening in New York City and actually all over the country is that the bigger and so called more successful hospitals... are taking over other hospitals and all these hospitals are combining all our other services and with the state pushing, are also closing beds and community hospitals."

 

Gonzalez concluded, "We feel it shouldn't be a tale of two health cares. If you don't have healthcare and money, your regulated to wait in hallway beds or a crowded E.R. ... but if you have connections your cared for a little different and we think that's immoral."

 

Gonzalez added "Many of the politicians have come out in our support, but Montefiore is very powerful and very few of them are willing to confront Montefiore."

 

Nurses from across the city will be boarding nearly 30 buses and heading to Albany on April 21, in hopes of getting staffing ratio guidelines placed in their new contracts as well as seeking passage of new legislation tailored to patients rights.

 

Calls to the New York City Health and Hospital's Corporation and Montefiore Hospital were not immediately returned.  

 

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Bedford Park News: Softball

Bedford Park News: Softball: Rams Sweep St. Joes By Gary Quintal  BRONX, NEW YORK, APRIL 20- With Atlantic 10 conference play entering its final two weeks, ...

Softball

Rams Sweep St. Joes

By Gary Quintal 

BRONX, NEW YORK, APRIL 20- With Atlantic 10 conference play entering its final two weeks, fourth place Fordham hosted fifth place Saint Joseph's University at Bahoshy Field this weekend.  

The Fordham Rams swept Saint Joseph's in impressive fashion, not only winning all three games, but shutting Saint Joe's out of the entire series, taking the Saturday double header 8-0 twice and finishing Sunday with a 4-0 victory.   

The victories place Fordham into third place in the Atlantic 10 with an 11-5 conference record (25-17 overall), while Saint Joe's falls to seventh place with a record of  21-15 (6-8 conference).  

Fordham returns to the Bronx next weekend to start their final home-stand of the season against A-10 opponent George Washington. 

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Bedford Park News: Soccer

Bedford Park News: Soccer: Portland Timbers Edge NYCFC on Late Goal By Howard Goldin BRONX, NEW YORK, APRIL 20- On Sunday night, NYCFC hosted its second g...

Soccer

Portland Timbers Edge NYCFC on Late Goal

By Howard Goldin

BRONX, NEW YORK, APRIL 20- On Sunday night, NYCFC hosted its second game at Yankee Stadium within four days as the Portland Timbers travelled nearly 3,000 miles for the first of five road matches in a six week period. Portland and NYC were meeting for the first time, but the Timbers played in New York City 40 years ago. On July 16, 1975, Portland defeated the NY Cosmos, 2‐1, in a NASL game at Randall’s Island. The legendary Pele scored the lone goal for the Cosmos.

NYC was short‐handed (pun intended) as Spanish international star and New York City native Jason Hernandez among others were out with injuries suffered in their previous match, Villa with a hamstring strain and Hernandez with a calf strain.

In addition to the above two starters, Mix Diskerud, who missed the previous match due to playing with the USMNT against Mexico, injured his ankle earlier on Sunday. NYC coach Jason Kreis commented, “We’re really unlucky; five players were unable to play today; that’s a lot.” 

Mix downplayed the importance of the injuries as a factor in the loss, “They [substitute players] came and did a great job.” He felt their gaining game experience is beneficial to the club because “we’re going to need them.” Goalie Josh Saunders agreed, “We have a lot of quality players. We can absorb those losses.”

The match was scoreless until the 79th minute when Dairon Asprilla scored the only goal of the game. It was the first MLS goal for the rookie from Colombia, who signed with Portland in December. The Timbers since 2013 have shown remarkable ability to bounce back after suffering a loss. This was their eighth win after losing. In that period they have three draws and have only lost two straight twice.

Despite it being the fifth consecutive NYCFC match without a win and their third straight game being deprived of points by a late goal, the NYC coach and players spoke very positively of their club’s play. Kreis remarked, “I’m actually very encouraged by our performances in the last two matches. Morale was especially high and that’s encouraging...Right now, the results aren’t going the way we like, but the performances are. We need to look at the positives and build on that.”

Each of the players, who spoke with the media after the contest, spoke similarly. Veteran goalie Josh Saunders, a native of Oregon, who spent several seasons with the Timbers, said, “I think we can walk out of here with our heads held high. I thought our defense played well. They [Timbers] had limited chances. If we keep doing good things, good things are going to happen.” The facts bore out the points he made. NYC had 21 shots on goal while Portland had only 12. The other stats such as number of passes, passing accuracy, duels won and possession of the ball were close, but not connected to a losing contest.

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