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Few people were allowed into the annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square.Credit.Johnny Milano for The New York Times
The minute before midnight in Times Square was almost unrecognizable as New York City closed out one of the most difficult and wrenching years in its history.
This time there were dozens not hundreds of thousands of voices counting down from 10 seconds. Confetti still rained down, but the multicolored strips landed primarily on the pavement rather than people’s shoulders. Instead of a steady rumble of cheers and screams, there were infrequent cries of happiness amid the booms of fireworks.