Ridgewood Times Counties’ www.timesnewsweekly.com On Twitter @timesnewsweekly THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2014 50 CENTS PUT HER IN A SQUEEZE Say Glendale Man Nearly Killed Gal Pal Attorney’s office, Sanel and his girlfriend allegedly began arguing at about 7 a.m. last Saturday inside the home on 81st Street near 78th Road. The exchange turned violent, prosecutors said, when Vukel allegedly threatened to kill his girlfriend and her family, then wrapped her in a chokehold on a bed, knocking her unconscious. that make New Yorkers great.” One of the renamings will take place along the block of Morgan Avenue between Grattan and Thames streets in Bushwick, which will be called Lt. Richard A. Nappi Way, honoring a 17-year FDNY veteran assigned to Engine Co. 237 who died in the line of duty in April 2012. Nappi worked with Engine 237, VOL. 105, NO. 51 by Robert Pozarycki What started as a lovers’ quarrel in a Glendale apartment turned violent when a man allegedly choked out his girlfriend three separate times last Friday morning, July 11, police reported. Law enforcement sources said Sanel Vukel, 29, was booked on attempted murder charges for putting his 34-year-old girlfriend in chokeholds during an argument in his 81st Street residence. Reportedly, the victim was knocked unconscious during each of the repeated assaults. According to information provided by the Queens District -SEE CHOKED ON PG. 24- Honoring Two Local Heroes Rename Roads For B’wick Firefighter, Elm. Cop by Robert Pozarycki Two public servants in Bushwick and Elmhurst who made the ultimate sacrifice, a Woodside musician whose wrongful arrest inspired a classic film and a noted ColdWar-era writer from Forest Hills will soon have streets ceremonially renamed in their honor. ‘GAME OVER’ IN SHELTER FIGHT story and photo by Noah Zuss Tensions flared over the proposed Glendale homeless shelter during the Community Board 5 meeting Wednesday, July 10, inMiddle Village—especially after one elected official stated “this game is over.” Ridgewood Rapists At Large All-Star Honors For M.V. Teacher See Story On Pg. 19 TO USPS: MAILING LABEL GOES HERE TN/RT 071014 Mayor Bill de Blasio signed last Wednesday, July 9, Intro. No. 388, which renames 63 streets and public places across the five boroughs for individuals and groups that, as he described, “helped make our city a stronger, safer place for all of us” and “embody the perseverance and drive Though he believes the shelter coming to the neighborhood is inevitable, Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi said during last Wednesday’s session at Christ the King Regional High School he would continue to fight the project, to be located at a defunct factory, at 78-16 CooperAve. “I’m going to tell you something that you’re not going to like to hear .... I believe we’re not in the game, this game is over, okay,” He told the packed room. Hevesi said he began to suspect that “this is a steamroll, this was not going to be stopped,” while attending a previous public hearing, and is ... now absolutely convinced of it,” the assemblyman said. In the face of community opposition and on the heels of angry protests, an environmental assessment study (EAS) has cleared -SEE BOARD 5 ON PG. 24- -SEE RENAMINGS ON PG. 26- Pitching In To Clean Wdhvn. Cemetery Volunteers and historians cleaned upWyckoff-Snedicker Cemetery behind All Saints Episcopal Church in Woodhaven last Saturday morning, July 12. Members of the Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society and the St. Thomas the Apostle Woodhaven History Club organized the effort to pull weeds and remove trash from around the burial ground which dates back to the colonial era. Among those who participated in the effort was Ed Wendell (at far right), president of the Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society. (photo: Marcin Zurawicz) CB 5 Told Glendale’s Getting It Largest Classified Section Serving Queens And Brooklyn Times Newsweekly Established In 1908 Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi told the group gathered at Community Board 5 for a public hearing that “this game is over” and that residents should “prepare for this horrifically bad circumstance” coming to Glendale, as Chairperson VincentArcuri looks on at left, last Wednesday, July 8 at Christ the King High School in Middle Village. by Robert Pozarycki As the Times Newsweekly went to pressWednesday afternoon, July 16, police were still looking for two men who sexually assaulted an 18- year-old girl in Ridgewood earlier that morning. Law enforcement sources said the attack occurred at about 2:50 a.m. Wednesday morning in the area of Seneca and Putnam avenues. Reportedly, the suspects— described as Hispanic males in their 30s standing 5’5”-tall—attacked the girl on the street, then fled in an unknown direction. Police stated -SEE RAPISTS ON PG. 53-
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