day of remembrance

New York City held a day of remembrance on March 14 honoring the lives lost to COVID-19 on the one year anniversary of the first confirmed death. NBC New York’s Phil Lipof reports.

With somber words and music set against a backdrop of images of New Yorkers taken by the coronavirus pandemic, the city on Sunday marked a year since they learned of the state’s first fatalities from COVID-19, a fearful moment of reckoning that sent officials rushing to close businesses and schools. The elaborate evening ceremony on the Brooklyn waterfront paid...

It’s been one year since New York City’s first known COVID-19 death was confirmed and in honor of the tens of thousands who have died since, a virtual memorial has been planned in their honor. NBC New York’s Phil Lipof reports.

A memorial honoring the lives of New Yorkers lost to COVID-19 over the past year will be held on the one-year anniversary of the city’s first reported COVID death. The memorial event will be held March 14 at 7:45 p.m. during New York City’s day of remembrance. Families are encouraged to submit names and photographs of loved ones to...

A year after the first COVID test came back positive in NYC, there have been nearly 1.6 million cases in New York, and 47,000 deaths, in a world that has been forever changed by the virus. NBC New York’s Adam Kuperstein reports.

Mayor Bill de Blasio sat down only with News 4 New York’s Andrew Siff to discuss his performance when handling COVID, police reform, and offered a prediction about where the city will be on New Year’s Eve 2021.