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NYPD's Larry DePrimo being honored by Town of Islip for boots gift
Photo credit: AP
The regular meeting of the Islip Town board today will kick off with an honorary citation for a Holbrook resident whose random act of kindness launched him to viral fame two weeks ago.
Larry DePrimo, the NYPD officer who became an overnight celebrity after a tourist photographed him offering a new pair of boots to a barefoot homeless man on a cold night in midtown Manhattan, will be presented...
