Documented: Millions Spent on Hotels for Asylum Seekers in NYC, But Few Lasting Solutions
After escaping political persecution in Zulia, Venezuela, José Rivera arrived in a hotel-turned-shelter in Long Island City, Queens, last August. Once there, it took him three months to learn he and his family, as asylum seekers in NYC, were eligible for health insurance and another three months to file his asylum claim.
Idealista News: Remote work is costing Manhattan about 12,000 million euros a year
Three years after the pandemic, companies and administrations around the world continue to try to attract employees back to the offices and revive local economies. New job data analyzed by Bloomberg News shows that, in several US cities, Fridays at the office are dead. Mondays are a game of chance. And going back to pre-pandemic work hours seems like a lost cause.
New Day Post: Remote Work Costs NYC $12 Billion a Year By Killing Big Offices
New York City is bustling with office workers again, at least on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. It’s a different mood on Fridays and Mondays, when subway cars empty out, Sweetgreen salad lines thin and, come happy hour, there are plenty of seats at the bar. The in-person workweek has shrunk to three days.
The Real Deal: NYC’s most valuable building, and other nuggets from the tax roll
Buried in the bewildering data dump that is the city’s tentative property assessment are nuggets of interest to real estate.
New York Business Journal: New York City tourism to return to near pre-pandemic levels this year
After plummeting in 2020, tourism is forecasted to return to near pre-pandemic levels this year.
New York Post: NYC’s workforce has shrunk by 300,000 since start of pandemic
The Big Apple added jobs at an agonizingly slow pace last month as it struggles to cope with a roughly 300,000-person drop in its workforce since the pandemic, troubling new data reveals