Adams doubles down on in-person work, but acknowledges post-COVID reality
Source: Gothamist
I'm trying to fill up office buildings, Adams told reporters Wednesday following a breakfast hosted by the civic and real estate group Association for a Better New York. And I'm telling JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, I'm telling all of them, Listen, I need your people back in the office so we can build the ecosystem. How does that look that city employees are home while I'm telling everyone else it's time to get back to work?
But, he later added, There's going to come a time, we may say that, you know, one day a week, we may do some type of different version. We know that post-COVID is a different environment.
The mayors emphasis on in-person work and his concession that a remote option may one day be a possibility comes amid an ongoing clash with municipal workers who say the citys inflexibility is driving many of them to quit. Since last September, most city employees have been working in person, although a small number have been granted accommodation requests to work from home.
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Evolve Dammit
(16,763 posts)News Flash Mr. Mayor: Most jobs don't require an office anymore. It's called the internet.
ananda
(28,876 posts)New York got a snake out of the bottle with this one.
choie
(4,111 posts)he's a damn asshole.
867-5309.
(1,189 posts)If it only exists because people are forced to do something that doesn't make sense, it needs to die.
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)Restaurant workers, delivery people, store clerks....
867-5309.
(1,189 posts)The automobile put horse buggy makers out of business. The alternative is to keep commuting when it doesn't make sense because of how it might affect related businesses.
Icanthinkformyself
(220 posts)I kept my ear to the ground with politics in NYC and environs. Not so much since I've moved. Until last week I didn't know Adams was formerly, or should I say, always has been, a Republican. That explains why he's an a**hole.
MurrayDelph
(5,301 posts)All mayors of New York end up being hated, but it usually takes longer.