Traffic delays expected for 9/11 hero's wake
Retired NYPD Det. Luis Alvarez testified June 11 at a House hearing on the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. Credit: Pool
Mourners attending services for Luis Alvarez, the retired NYPD detective whose fatal cancer was linked to 9/11, should expect traffic delays for his wake Tuesday in Oceanside, police said.
A stretch of Long Beach Road by the Towers Funeral Home will be closed from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., Nassau police said.
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Mourners attending services for Luis Alvarez, the retired NYPD detective whose fatal cancer was linked to 9/11, should expect traffic delays for his wake Tuesday in Oceanside, police said.
A stretch of Long Beach Road by the Towers Funeral Home will be closed from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., Nassau police said.
The closure runs from Lincoln Avenue to Foxhurst Road, police said.
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