NYPD Detective Luis Alvarez, whose Congressional testimony while he was dying of World Trade Center-related cancer helped pass legislation giving recovery workers health benefits, has been honored at a ceremony on the eve of the 18th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, reports Newsday’s Matthew Chayes.
The Alvarez family received a proclamation and an ovation for Detective Alvarez at a ceremony at the Brooklyn Borough Hall.
A park in Detective Alvarez’s home town Oceanside will be renamed for him.
