More arrests
made in
Zottola killing
BY ALEX MITCHELL
More arrests have been
made in the murder of popular
Pelham Bayite Sylvester
‘Sally Daz’ Zottola and the
attempted murder of his son,
Salvatore Zottola.
Police arrested Arthur
(Scary) Codner, Himen (Ace)
Ross and Kalik McFarlane on
murder for hire charges on
Tuesday, December 18.
Before that, NYPD also
nabbed Zottola’s alleged
killer, ex-con Bushawn ‘Shelz’
Shelton and accomplice Herman
(Taliban) Blanco just a
month after the fatal shooting
on Thursday, October 4.
Shelton allegedly shot
71-year-old Sally DAZ to death
while he was purchasing coffee
at a McDonald’s drive thru
lane at 1625 Webster Avenue.
Zottola was returning
home from a scheduled court
appearance for an incident
involving the illegal discharging
of a weapon during
a self-defense incident that
had happened two months
earlier.
According to police, Shelton
entered the McDonald’s
property through a hole in a
fence from an adjacent property,
fired multiple 9-millimeter
rounds at Zottola before
escaping through the same
fence opening, and fleeing in
a gray sedan. Shelton faces
six charges, murder for hire
conspiracy being the most severe.
Days after the killing, Shelton
was arrested by police
with a .32 caliber Armi Tanfoglio
Giuseppe semi-automatic
pistol in his possession, court
documents indicated.
The hit was allegedly ordered
by an Albanian crew
that was trying to muscle into
Sal’s extensive Joker Poker
228 UNITS FOR
BLONDELL AVE.
CB 11 hearing: 9 stories,
parking and retail space
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
The developers of a large-scale
apartment building came before
the Community Board 11 for a
zoning change.
The merits of a Uniform Land
Use Review Procedure application
that would rezone a portion of
Blondell Avenue near Westchester
Square and Westchester Avenue
for a 228-unit residential development
were discussed at CB 11’s
Land Use Committee during a
public hearing on Tuesday, December
10.
Development group, Blondell
Equities LLC, is requesting a zoning
change for a parcel at 1340
Blondell Avenue to construct a
Van Cortlandt Historic House
grounds improvements set
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
An historic house that is the
oldest standing building in the borough
is getting spruced up.
The Van Cortlandt House Museum
in Van Cortlandt Park is
about to receive improvements to
the grounds around the historic
building, which dates back to 1748.
A Van Cortlandt Historic House
Landscape Plan created by a committee
is recommending the improvements.
They were made possible
through a grant obtained by the
Friends of Van Cortlandt Park
from the Paul and Klara Porzelt
Foundation in partnership with
the museum, which is run by The
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National Society of Colonial Dames
of the State of New York.
Plans began once funding was
obtained in April 2018 from the
foundation, which funds restoration
projects from the American
Renaissance Period between 1876
to 1917, said Christina Taylor,
FVCP executive director.
The plan seeks to restore the
overall look of the landscape around
the time the house fi rst opened as a
museum and shortly thereafter, a
period from 1897 to 1917.
“Our overall mission with this
project is to make the museum
grounds more welcoming and better
maintained,” said Taylor.
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Yankees Pitch In
Yankee Stadium’s Great Hall was once again transformed into the North
Pole as the New York Yankees hosted the ninth annual Bronx Winter Wonderland
event on Friday, December 14. The event treated several thousand
local youth to festive caroling by the DREAM Choir, holiday decorations,
food and drink and a holiday gift courtesy of Walmart.
Photo courtesy of New York Yankees
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