Grei Mendez and Felix Herrera Garcia had been running a drug operation out of a licensed child care center where a 22-month-old boy died Justice for Nicholas A New York City day care owner and her husband were sentenced on March 4, 2026, to 25 years to life in state prison for the fentanyl poisoning death of a 22-month-old child in their care, bringing to a formal close one of the most disturbing criminal cases in recent New York history. Grei Mendez, 38, who owned the Divino Nino day care center in the Bronx, and her husband Felix Herrera Garcia, 37, were convicted by a jury last year of second-degree murder and assault in the death of Nicholas Dominici, who died in September 2023. The Crime Prosecutors told the court that large quantities of fentanyl were being processed at the day care center, using the same kitchen tools Mendez used…
A Brooklyn preschool visit revealed enthusiasm and anxiety in equal measure about the child care promise The Mayor Reads a Story. The Parents Wait for Answers. Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrived at the Breukelen Early Childhood Development Center in Canarsie on a Tuesday morning, sat down with a group of 2-year-olds, and read them a book. It was the kind of political optic that campaigns are built on: a young mayor, a room full of toddlers, a message about investing in New York's youngest residents. But the parents gathered in the hallway and the staff watching from the sidelines had questions that went beyond the photo opportunity. They wanted to know how the 2-K program would actually work. Why Canarsie Is in the First Wave The Breukelen center sits in one of the four East Brooklyn communities selected for the initial 2-K rollout. Canarsie, along with Brownsville and Ocean Hill, was…
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