It isn’t clear Adams can do much about getting people back into New York’s offices. But if they don’t come back, both his agenda and his progressive critics rejection of economic development deals will be deeply undercut.
, a project claiming it would produce up to twenty thousand new jobs. De Blasio again absented himself from efforts to craft an acceptable deal, leaving the local City Council member to organize successful opposition to the project.
He has strong ties with Black communities, unionized public sector workers and other labor groups, and traditional political leaders in Brooklyn and the Bronx. Ross Barkan, an astute observer of New York politics, said that to tell progressive groups “that he does not need them to run the city.” Although not that many people work in the sector per se, it is one of the city’s key competitive industries. Its high paying positions support much of the city’s budget, along with a large number of lower-paid jobs in commercial and residential building services, janitorial work, security guards, restaurants, hotels, and other services.
Offices in New York and elsewhere remain very underpopulated. Kastle Systems tracks office occupancy using keycard data in their “,” and their latest findings aren’t good news for New York or other cities.
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