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NYC Council resolution brings slain NYPD Detective Familia’s family closer to pension justice

By Barbara Russo-Lennon Posted on June 12, 2025

A Bronx woman won a major battle in the fight to keep the legacy of her mother, a slain NYPD officer, alive, thanks to a resolution the NYC Council passed on Wednesday.

Genesis Villella’s mother, Det. Miosotis Familia, was shot and killed execution-style as she worked an NYPD command post in the Bronx on July 5, 2017. Since then, Villella, 28, legally adopted her two younger siblings, as Familia was a single mother, and took on full parenting responsibilities.

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NYC Council resolution brings slain NYPD Detective Familia’s family closer to pension justice

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