Former Gov. Hugh Carey is recovering from emergency cardiac bypass surgery.

The surgery was performed yesterday at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Carey, 90, was flown to the Big Apple from Gulf Stream, Fla., for the operation after experiencing shortness of breath.

His family said that he serenaded the flight crew by singing “New York, New York” during the flight.

Carey, a Democrat, was governor from 1975 to 1983. He served seven terms in Congress before that.