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SPRING IN NEW YORK- EMPTY during a virus pandemic

It's Spring in New York...April & May-- normally the city is full of massive numbers of tourists visiting all the famous spots from the Statue of Liberty to the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, Wall street, etc. This is the TOP time of year to visit New York...Spring & Summer. Central Park is blooming and it's GORGEOUS. But New York is empty. New York looks like one of those 1950's disaster movies when somebody drops a bomb that kills all the people and leaves behind empty city streets. We are living thru the virus PANDEMIC of 2020, a gift from Wuhan, China to the rest of the world. 184 countries are dealing with it including the United States and New York City is EMPTY of the usual crowds. Hotels are closed, restaurants are closed, also Broadway theatres, movies, concerts, opera, ballet and everything else that makes New York unique. And of course, that means NO SIGHTSEEING TOURS, which is what I do for a living.  Over the last 25 yea