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‘Dr. Michael Conti Way’ would be a fitting tribute
Dear Editor:
This April 13 marks Dr. Conti’s 126th birthday. Sadly, Dr. Conti succumbed to a heart attack on October 1, 1973. It would be a fitting tribute to designate a portion of Fourth Street in honor of Dr. Michael Conti on his birthday.
Some 47 years ago, a group of concerned citizens within Jersey City commenced a petition drive to name P.S. Number 5 and a portion of Fourth Street in honor of Dr. Michael Conti. Subsequently, a delegation presented the petition with over 2,000 signatures to Councilman Peter Zampella and Council President Dominick Pugliese.
2 inmates begged for release from federal prison in N.J. where coronavirus raged. They both died of COVID.
Updated Mar 14, 2021;
Posted Mar 13, 2021
Dominick Pugliese (left) and Myron Crosby (right) both contracted COVID-19 while incarcerated at Fort Dix federal prison and later died from complications of the virus.
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When a federal judge released Dominick Pugliese from custody in February, the former Fort Dix inmate was nearly dead.
It was the exact dire situation Pugliese feared could happen when he applied for compassionate release last April as the coronavirus pandemic began devastating the region.
Pugliese told prosecutors and a federal judge that the virus could place him in greater danger of having a serious illness due to his underlying health conditions, like asthma and hypertension, according to court documents.