Today (January 20, 2016) has been officially declared David Bowie Day in New York City, Bowie's Facebook has announced.
Acting Commissioner Luis Castro of the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment will present the proclamation tonight during the curtain call of the final performance of Lazarus, the stage show co-written by Bowie, on behalf of Mayor Bill de Blasio.
September 23, 2014 was David Bowie Day in Chicago.
Read our "Afterword" feature on Bowie, plus tributes from Nile Rodgers, Bradford Cox, Carlos Dengler, Thurston Moore, Carlos Alomar, and Jonathan Lethem.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story incorrectly indicated that Mayor Bill de Blasio would read the proclamation tonight.