Four Years Later, a Citywide Party 🔗🇺🇸 🗳 🗽 🎉

In the seconds after major news networks called Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, New Yorkers exhaled loudly, in unison. The announcement came just before 11:30 a.m. on November 7, an abrupt end to a nail-biting, multi-day presidential contest that kept much of the country in thrall to MSNBC anchor Steve Kornacki and his Big Board. As soon as the race was called, the sounds of honks and cheers and clanging pots erupted in New York City, quickly escalating to a cacophonous frenzy. New Yorkers threw open their windows to scream and ring cowbells — where did we get all these cowbells — as the news sank in. The wait was over, Trump was out. Honk honk honk.