Only 1 in 10 Manhattan Office Workers Back at Desks, Hurting Local Businesses

Only 1 in 10 Manhattan Office Workers Back at Desks, Hurting Local Businesses
A view of Central Park, taken from the Top of the Rock Observation Deck, in New York City, on July 24, 2015. William Edwards/AFP/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
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Office employees in Manhattan are resuming in-person work at a mere trickle, squeezing local businesses and clouding their prospects of survival amid struggles to recover from the COVID-19 fallout.

As of Sept. 18, only about 10 percent of Manhattan office workers had returned, according to recent figures from commercial real estate services firm CBRE Group, as reported by The Wall Street Journal and confirmed by the company’s director of communications in an emailed statement to The Epoch Times.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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