Last month, the Peace of Heart Choir — launched after 9/11 to promote community bonding in the Big Apple — sang the Sinatra version of the song, prompting Gay City News to note that: “More than a few gay fans — and members — of the choir took note that Sinatra shoved Minnelli out of the way for the April 16 sing-along.”

The choir seemed to heed the musical outcry, and on May 14 — in its final scheduled city singalong simulcast on WKCR and WBAI — performed the Minnelli original from the 1977 Martin Scorsese film co-starring Robert De Niro. (Ol’ Blue Eyes recorded his cover version in 1979, which plays at the end of Yankees games.)

Minnelli’s “Cabaret” co-star Joel Grey — who was among those singing from his West Village apartment — told us via his rep, “I’m glad they came their senses. It’s Liza’s song … Sinatra was born in Hoboken and lived in Beverly Hills. The song ain’t called ‘New Jersey, New Jersey’ or ‘LA, LA.’”