200 people here in times square, last year there were health workers and frontline workers and this year it was about 15,000, capped at 15,000. a grim statistic right now is that is 10,000 fewer people than a testing positive every day right now here for coronavirus due to this 0micron variant. it was a festive crowd. people came from different parts of the world as they always do. i spoke to someone from south london, from argentina, brazil, colombia and japan. people told me they were still joyous to colombia and japan. people told me they were stilljoyous to be here despite covid. they had to be vaccinated. we saw the new mayor of new york city be sworn in after midnight starting a new era in new york as well after eight years of build the blowsy oh we who many are ready to see leave. they are ready to see the pandemic subside in new york come back to life. but it did come back to life a little bit. we saw the fireworks confetti and that