Genesis Villella remembers being the loudest, proudest parent cheering as twins Peter and Delilah crossed the stage at their 2023 high school graduation.

But looking around the stands, teeming with giddy moms and dads applauding their own kids, Villella was thunderstruck by the stinging reminder of her mother’s murder.

“Not having [our] mom there to see them graduate was heart-wrenching,” a sobbing Villella, 28, from the Bronx, exclusively told The Post in one of her first in-depth interviews since their mom, NYPD Detective Miosotis Familia, was fatally shot in the line of duty on July 5, 2017. 15

She’s speaking out now, ahead of an upcoming state Assembly hearing over her proposed bill, which seeks full death pension benefits for the orphaned children.

“There are so many mileston

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