NEW YORK - The roads may be emptier but a familiar jingle can still be heard on the streets of Brooklyn.

There are still about 10 Mister Softee trucks going through the borough selling ice cream.

That's despite requests from the company to stop selling in the city because of the pandemic.

Mister Softee's president says franchisees can't be forced to shut down because food trucks have been deemed essential in the state.

Mister Softee truck owners in the other boroughs have agreed to cease operations.