The nephew of a fallen NYPD officer beamed with pride Thursday as he received a special honor from Mayor Eric Adams himself.

Det. Dimitrios Kalbouros of Queens received his uncle’s shield during a surprise ceremony at City Hall.

Mayor Adams presented Kalbouros with the same shield number as that of the late Det. Kevin Czartoryski , a long-time NYPD member who died in 2010 after contracting pulmonary fibrosis and cancer related to his work in the rescue and recovery operations at Ground Zero following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Czartoryski (pronounced chot-oriss key), who lived in Maspeth, Queens, began his career in the NYPD in 1988 and was promoted to the rank of detective after serving in the Narcotics Division. In his two decades on the job, he made over 250 career ar

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