NEW YORK — A New York Police Department lieutenant who nearly lost his life battling a COVID-19 infection he caught on the job has won his fight to retire with a disability pension.
Lt. Yvan Pierre-Louis retired from the Police Department last Tuesday, closing out a 32-year career.
Pierre-Louis is one of about 10 officers of different ranks who came down with very serious cases of COVID-19 during the early days of the pandemic. These officers were never able to work full duty again, said Lou Turco, who heads the NYPD’s Lieutenants Benevolent Association.
