New York, New York carols at the window honoring caregivers | Coronavirus

But the ritual has its variations. On Thursday, the volunteer Peace of Heart choir invited the city to sing New York, New York, Frank Sinatra’s homage to the metropolis.

This great classic echoed in certain neighborhoods for ten minutes or so, coming from numerous windows and balconies – thousands across the city, if one relies on the number of people who had indicated on the Facebook page of the event wanting participate.

It’s an iconic song with a real message about getting bychoir manager Robert Hornsby told AFP. There’s even a passage that says, “Come on, you can do it, New York,” and that’s where I think we’re all in. That’s why we chose her […], and if you don’t know the lyrics, you can just pick up the parts you know.

This is what Vivian Young and her husband did, out on 1st Avenue with their two children, to hum this famous tune, and to greet, from afar, friends who had climbed to the roof of their building to sing.

This daily tribute to nursing staff, it lifts your spirits, it’s something that we wait for at the end of the day, to change all this bad newsVivian Young said, smiling behind her mask.

Her husband Mark says he is convinced that the American economic capital is getting by, citing the latest figures for deaths and hospitalizations, down.

Soon markets will rebound, people will fight for a restaurant table, he said, before adding: I hope I am right.

The ritual should however continue for some time: if the epidemic seems to have stabilized in New York State, after having infected more than 213,000 people and killed more than 11,500 people, Governor Andrew Cuomo extended on Thursday. containment measures until May 15.

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