March 14, 2021 marked one year since the first reported COVID-19 fatality in New York. /VCG

To commemorate this, the city held a virtual Day of Remembrance ceremony to honor the tens of thousands of lives lost to the pandemic. /VCG

Images of New York victims were projected onto the Brooklyn Bridge during the evening memorial held on the Brooklyn waterfront. /VCG

Lincoln Center, another New York landmark, was lit up by candles and dimmed its lights during a 10-minute moment of silence to honor New Yorkers who had passed away. /VCG