The pastor credited the dozens of parishioners who responded to help protect the church from more severe damage.
State Senator Terrence Murphy awarded 19-year-old Cullen Malzo the Liberty Medal.
The fire broke out in the Hughson Commons apartments on Gables Way just before 4 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Cullen Malzo, 19, called 911 and then jumped into Lake Mahopac and rescued the two occupants from a car that crashed into the water.
The U.S. Attorney's office said Brian Fanelli, 56, of Mahopac in Putnam County, entered a guilty plea to one county of possession of child pornography.
A Mahopac man was arrested Tuesday on drunk-driving charges after a breath test revealed he was behind the wheel with a blood-alcohol content more than four times the legal limit.