Grei Mendez and Carlisto Acevedo Brito will be in Bronx criminal court Wednesday. They are also facing federal charges.
"Fentanyl is exquisitely dangerous," New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan said. "I use the word exquisitely because I don't have another word to describe how dangerous this drug is.""This is total madness that we lost a child to this dangerous substance," Adams said. "And we almost lost four children to this dangerous substance. There needs to be a full national assault on this drug entering our city.
"Her only crime was renting her room to someone who had a kilo," attorney Andres Aranda said. "There is no evidence that she did anything but care properly for these children." However, Otoniel Feliz, Dominici's father, is mourning and processing how he lost his son at a place he assumed was safe.
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