 as well as the Presidential Medal of Freedom.In 2002, the City of New York renamed the portion of West 31st Street on which the friary where he lived is located as "Father Mychal F. Judge Street", and christened a commuter ferry, the "Father Mychal Judge" in his honor in 2002.In 2002, the United States Congress passed "The Mychal Judge Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers Benefit Act" into law.