NEW YORK — Washington is honoring Denzel Washington with its top civilian honor. The actor from Mount Vernon and a New York nurse who kicked off the American vaccination project by receiving the country’s first post-trial shot will each receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House said Friday. Washington, the inimitable two-time Oscar winner, and Sandra Lindsay, director of critical care nursing at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, will receive their honors next Thursday, according to the White House. The White House said they are part of a class of 17 Presidential Medal…
