Updated: Oct. 24, 2025, 1:20 p.m.|Published: Oct. 24, 2025, 1:13 p.m.Manhattan Supreme CourtOn Aug. 7, 2025, a jury in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, above, found the defendant guilty of one count of manslaughter in the first degree.Google

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Tottenville man is headed to prison in the 2021 stabbing death of a Manhattan deli worker.

Christian Diaz, 28, of Brighton Street, was sentenced Thursday to 20 years upstate, after he was found guilty by a jury in August of first-degree manslaughter.

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