The New York Dominican Officers Organization, the New York City Police Foundation, and NYPD Blue Chips hosted the second annual Basketball Classic at Basketball City in lower Manhattan on July 28, 2023, honoring the legacy of slain NYPD Detectives Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora. The two were ambushed and killed while responding to a domestic violence call on Jan. 21, 2022.
The New York Dominican Officers Organization (NYDO) and NYPD Blue Chips hosted the first annual Det. Jason Rivera & Wilbert Mora Basketball Classic in Brooklyn Bridge Park on July 20, 2022.
NYPD officer Andre Jean-Pierre, who also serves on the NYDO’s executive board, explained that both fallen officers were “big into basketball” and worked with young people and that the NYDO wanted to do something for the officers’ families and bring the community together.
“They [Rivera and Mora] are lost but never forgotten,” Jean-Pierre said. “We want to show that the NYPD is here for the kids, that we really care, and given the chance, we’re gonna make a tremendous difference.”
La Policía de Nueva York entrenaría a la dominicana, como parte del trabajo para provocar los cambios que requiere ese organismo y que concluirían en su reforma integral.
Hundreds of toys were given out at the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club Sunday as part of the New York Dominican Officers Organization second annual "Three Kings Day Toy Giveaway."