NEW YORK CITY — Ydanis Rodriguez stands next to San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. A cat licks Ben Kallos' forehead. Chaim Deutsch is upside-down. This is Democracy's new normal in New York City.

New York City Council held Wednesday its first remote stated meeting — as Gov. Andrew Cuomo's stay-in-place order put the five boroughs on pause — with members live-streaming from their homes, offices and cars.