{"id":372454,"date":"2026-10-13T23:46:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T23:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/372454\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T23:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T23:46:41","slug":"names-of-42-more-fallen-officers-added-to-nypd-memorial-wall-in-battery-park-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/372454\/","title":{"rendered":"Names of 42 more fallen officers added to NYPD Memorial Wall in Battery Park City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayor Mamdani joined Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch to honor 42 NYPD officers who died in the line of duty at a ceremony in Battery Park City<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The fallen officers\u2019 names were added to the NYC Police Memorial<\/a> wall at Liberty St. and South End Ave., joining more than 900 names of New York\u2019s Finest etched in stone for having made the ultimate sacrifice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe work of being an NYPD officer demands immense sacrifice,\u201d Mamdani said at the unveiling ceremony. \u201cEvery day, our officers wake up and choose to take on an enormous burden, to risk their lives for strangers that they\u2019ve never met. And every day, no matter the danger, no matter the threat, these officers answer the call made of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NEWMayor Mamdani shakes hands with the family of fallen NYPD officers as they attend a ceremony at the NYPD Memorial Wall on Oct. 13, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Of the officers honored Tuesday, all but one perished due to World Trade Center-related illnesses, Mamdani said.<\/p>\n

\u201cForty-one of the officers we honor today served in the rescue and recovery efforts after the horrific terror attacks of September 11,\u201d the mayor said. \u201cYears later, they fell ill, and their families, who had already given so much, were asked to once again give more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among those was former Chief of Department Joe Esposito, who served at the World Trade Center and died at age 73 after a battle with brain cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a mentor to generations of cops, and he understood what they faced because he was so often right there beside them,\u201d Tisch said of Esposito. \u201cThe bond with his cops defined Chief Espo, and the lessons that he taught them remain part of the New York City Police Department today.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NEWMayor Zohran Mamdani listens as New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch speaks during a ceremony at the NYPD Memorial Wall on Oct. 13, 2026 in New York. Mayor Mamdani was joined by New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch as added names of 42 fallen NYPD officers are unveiled at the memorial wall. The wall honors every NYPD officer who dies in the line of duty. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Also added to the wall was the name of Det. Didarul Islam<\/a>, who was working an off-duty private security shift at a Park Ave. office building in Midtown when he was cut down alongside three other people as a gunman opened fire in the building\u2019s lobby<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year, in the midst of the most horrific mass shooting our city had seen in 25 years, Detective Islam placed himself in harm\u2019s way so that his fellow New Yorkers could escape to safety,\u201d Mamdani said.<\/p>\n

\"NEWNew York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, Mayor Mamdani and family of fallen NYPD officers attend a ceremony at the NYPD Memorial Wall on Oct. 13, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter his senseless murder, his family welcomed me into their home. They spoke to me of the husband, the father, the brother they were mourning, a man who was compassionate, humble, selfless and kind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dedicated on Oct. 20, 1997, the NYC Police Memorial was designed by architect Stuart Crawford to honor NYPD service members who died in the line of duty or while serving the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Mamdani joined Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch to honor 42 NYPD officers who died in the line of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[137152,40680,137151,137150,137149,5302,75,36610,9,11,10,137148,103,25805,7037],"class_list":["post-372454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-9-11-illness","tag-battery-park-city","tag-chief-espo","tag-chief-joe-esposito","tag-fallen-police-officers","tag-jessica-tisch","tag-manhattan","tag-mayor-mamdani","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-nyc-police-memorial-wall","tag-nypd","tag-police-commissioner","tag-world-trade-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}