Grei Mendez – the woman who owned and ran a Bronx day care where a 1-year-old boy died of fentanyl poisoning in a 2023 case that drew national attention – was sentenced to 45 years in prison Monday in a tearful proceeding in Manhattan federal court.

Grei Mendez, 37, operated Divino Niño Daycare out of a small apartment where four children were overcome by fentanyl intoxication, including Nicholas Dominici who died.

New York officials have started to fire state prison guards who failed to comply with a deal to end their illegal labor strike, which is now in its third week.

A wildcat strike by New York state prison guards has stretched into a third week, prompting officials to start firing workers for failing to abide by a deal to end the illegal labor action

NYS corrections officers who have been on a prison guard strike for two weeks could now lose their jobs and their health care.