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Jan 20, 2016 David Bowie By Christopher Roberts Photography by Jimmy King

David Bowie has gotten a lot of tributes since his passing a week-and-a-half ago, but Bill de Blasio, the Mayor of New York City, has declared that today is David Bowie Day in New York City. The news was announced via a post on Bowie’s official Facebook page. The post goes on to explain: “The proclamation will be read tonight at the curtain call of the final performance of the sold-out run of Lazarus, the New York Theater Workshop production conceived and co-created by Bowie.” Acting Commissioner Luis Castro of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment will present the proclamation.

As we previously reported, Bowie’s final album, Blackstar (styled as ★), has become the iconic singer’s first album to hit #1 on the Billboard American album charts. The album has also hit #1 in more than 20 countries, including the U.K., Australia, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Americans (#9, 1975), David Live (#8, 1974), and Diamond Dogs (#5, 1974).

As we previously reported, Bowie passed away on January 10 after an 18-month battle with cancer. His death came as something of a shock, as his cancer diagnosis was not made public. Below is the video for “Blackstar.”