Honoring Emergency Service officers

Alongside meals and holiday gatherings, the Gramercy Park Block Association’s newsletters recorded milestones for officers in the NYPD Emergency Service Unit. An August 2016 issue recognized the retirements of Detective Kevin Keuchler and Lieutenant Larry Serras.

In December 2017, the newsletter shared coverage of Jimmy Moran’s November 30 retirement walkout after thirty-seven years of service. Neighbors who had come to know the Emergency Service Unit could read about that milestone in his career.

2023: honoring Assistant Chief Gin Yee

The Block Association’s August 2023 summer report described an event honoring Assistant Chief Gin Yee on his retirement. The account returned to his leadership during September 11 and to the months when neighborhood volunteers supported Emergency Service Truck 1 officers returning from recovery shifts.

The retirement gathering gave neighbors a chance to thank Yee and recall those months after September 11, when volunteers welcomed officers back from recovery shifts with meals and other support.