CBS2 NEW YORK: World AIDS Day marked with events raising awareness and encouraging treatment across New York City

Friday marked the 35th annual World AIDS Day, when every Dec. 1 people gather to remember those who have died of and been impacted by HIV/AIDS.  Many events were held this year to raise awareness and fight the stigma.  Over the course of eight hours at the New York City AIDS Memorial in the West Village, people simultaneously read the names of New Yorkers who died of the disease. "We cannot end the AIDS epidemic without expanding testing," one speaker said. "So that everyone, every resident of New York City and New York State is aware of their HIV status," said another. 

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