Hundreds of New York’s Finest lined the streets of the Big Apple Wednesday to pay tribute to slain NYPD cop Wilbert Mora, as his body was moved to an Upper Manhattan funeral home in a solemn “dignified transfer” ceremony.
Mora, 27, arrived at the Riverdale Funeral Home escorted by a massive police motorcade after being moved from the city Medical Examiner’s Office, where his body was taken Tuesday after he was taken off life support.
“The whole world should be hurting right now,” one officer told The Post. “We are hurting, bleeding inside for our colleague.”
A huge phalanx of officers and first responders lined up outside the coroner’s office on 30th Street as Mora’s body was placed into an ambulance, with police choppers flying overhead.
An NYPD flag was draped over the casket.
The somber procession led to the funeral home, where Mayor Eric Adams, a retired NYPD captain, stood silently shoulder-to-shoulder with cops as Mora’s body arrived.
“Wilbert Mora truly was New York’s Finest,” Adams later said on Twitter. “And his death will not be in vain.
“To the men and women of the NYPD: I know the pain you and your families are feeling today,” the mayor wrote. “But I also know that your city is standing with you. And we always will.”
Wilbert Mora’s body was escorted by a massive police motorcade after being moved from the city Medical Examiner’s Office. Gregory P. MangoMora’s body had passed just one block from the home of his partner, Jason Rivera, who was killed next to him in the deadly ambush.
Outside the funeral home, Bronx graphic artist Keith DeCesare and his wife, Adriana, held up a poster of St. Michael — the patron saint of slain NYPD officers — and wore Mora’s badge number on his chest.
“We hoped to bring some peace and comfort to the family,” he said. “It is a painful loss for our whole community.”
Mora and Rivera, a 22-year-old newlywed, were shot dead Friday by career criminal Lashawn McNeil, who fired on both cops during a domestic disturbance call in Harlem.
Rivera died Friday, while Mora was put on life support until Tuesday so that his organs could be harvested to save other lives.
A huge phalanx of officers and first responders lined up outside the coroner’s office. Gregory P. MangoAccording to the nonprofit LiveOnNY, the lives of five people awaiting heart, liver, kidney and pancreas transplants were saved by Mora.
Company President and CEO Leonard Achan said three of the patients are New Yorkers and two are from out of state and were given the organs “based on the medical urgency of waiting recipients.”
“We are humbled and honored to be the steward of these gifts on behalf of Officer Mora and his family so others may live on,” Achan said.
The Riverdale Funeral Home also handled the arrangements for Rivera.
Both officers will be mourned during a wake and funeral service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, with Rivera’s funeral on Friday and Mora’s next Wednesday.
McNeil, after mortally wounding the two, was shot in the head and arm by a third officer, Sumit Sulan, and died earlier this week.
Wilbert Mora and slain partner Jason Rivera will be mourned during a wake and funeral service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. APRivera and Mora are the first NYPD officers killed in the line of duty this year, and the first since April, when officer Anastasios Tsakos was struck and killed by a drunk driver on the Long Island Expressway.
Additional reporting by Kevin Sheehan and Craig McCarthy






