Manhattan return-to-office plans face persistent headwinds over Covid-19, safety

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NEW YORK - Efforts by financial firms and others to bring workers back to Manhattan offices more than two years after the start of the coronavirus pandemic face persistent headwinds, consultants said

, with commutersNew York has lagged others major markets in the percentage of employees regularly working in the office, in part because of high usage rates of public transportation and Covid-19 concerns, said David Lewis, chief executive of HR consultant firm OperationsInc, which works with several firms in the financial sector.

"Companies will need to address fears of public transportation if they want to have a hope of getting people to return to the office," said Lewis. Approximately 80 per cent of office workers in Manhattan relied on the subway to get to work before the coronavirus pandemic began, said Kathryn Wylde, chief executive of nonprofit Partnership for New York City.

Overall criminal complaints in the subway system were, however, down 15 per cent in 2021 compared with pre-pandemic levels in 2019, though ridership has fallen significantly over that time.

 

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