{"id":527822,"date":"2022-12-16T05:09:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T02:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hochul-adams-vision-for-post-covid-new-york-gets-it-almost-entirely-wrong\/"},"modified":"2022-12-16T05:09:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T02:09:57","slug":"hochul-adams-vision-for-post-covid-new-york-gets-it-almost-entirely-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hochul-adams-vision-for-post-covid-new-york-gets-it-almost-entirely-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hochul &#038; Adams&#8217; &#8216;vision&#8217; for post-COVID New York gets it almost entirely wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d82a031f93\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d82a031f93\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hochul-adams-vision-for-post-covid-new-york-gets-it-almost-entirely-wrong\/#%E2%80%9CHochul_Adams_%E2%80%98vision_for_post-COVID_New_York_gets_it_almost_entirely_wrong%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Hochul &#038; Adams&#8217; &#8216;vision&#8217; for post-COVID New York gets it almost entirely wrong&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHochul_Adams_%E2%80%98vision_for_post-COVID_New_York_gets_it_almost_entirely_wrong%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Hochul &#038; Adams&#8217; &#8216;vision&#8217; for post-COVID New York gets it almost entirely wrong&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Steve Cuozzo\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>No cheers for Mayor Eric Adams and Gov.\u00a0Kathy Hochul\u2019s \u201cshared vision\u201d for a post-COVID-19 New York City, which they touted at an Association for a Better New York event this week.<\/p>\n<p>Their assessment of the city\u2019s current troubled economic situation under-plays the most critical issue: unchecked crime. Their pre<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ions for change are vague, quixotic and mostly toothless. And though it\u2019s nice to know they\u2019re (supposedly) on the same page about not soaking the rich with more taxes, most of the other pages they share are wrong.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They relied on a report titled \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/907-22\/mayor-adams-governor-hochul-release-making-new-york-work-everyone-action-plan#\/0\">Making New York Work For Everyone<\/a>,\u201d reflecting the efforts of the \u201cNew New York\u201d panel they\u2019d set up in May. The report\u2019s themes include ever-popular bromides, \u201cReimagine New York\u2019s Commercial Districts as Vibrant 24\/7 Destinations\u201d and \u201cWorking for an Equitable Future.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Those aren\u2019t formulas for progress, but slogans for a woke future without cars and for incremental redistribution of wealth.<\/p>\n<p>The report overstated damage from the work-from-home phenomenon, which has left some office buildings half empty or worse and hurt stores and restaurants that relied on heavy office traffic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s make Midtown more fun for office workers\u201d was, to paraphrase,\u00a0one thrust of the report \u2014 \u00a0i.e., create more pedestrian-only plazas around Grand Central Terminal and automate trash collection in other cities.<\/p>\n<p>Where to start slicing this baloney?<\/p>\n<p>While fewer employees work in their offices than before the pandemic, the numbers Hochul and Adams relied on\u00a0were significantly exaggerated. Hochul mused, \u201cTake the same building that is 40 percent full . . . Can people live there? Can there be a childcare center there? Can there be a nice restaurant? Can we have a co-working space? Can we . . . have a tech hub, you know, bring in dorm housing for students.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/20221103_zaa_nc25_013.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Al fresco dining in Greenwich Village in New York on Nov. 3, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-25032372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/20221103_zaa_nc25_013.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/20221103_zaa_nc25_013.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/20221103_zaa_nc25_013.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/20221103_zaa_nc25_013.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Restaurants relying on foot traffic have suffered due to the work-from-home phenomenon.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Such a statement swallows prevailing wisdom that office buildings are finished, so let\u2019s dream up all kinds of cute ways to make them newly viable.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, there\u2019s a serious issue here \u2014 including the loss of tax revenue from fewer commercial property sales \u2014 but there\u2019s a big difference between acknowledging that a significant problem exists and subscribing to an end-of-days economic and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> nightmare.<\/p>\n<p>The truth? Manhattan office buildings are on average about<em> 60% <\/em>full compared with 2019, according to just about every major commercial landlord. Yet <em>their <\/em>buildings aren\u2019t counted in the discredited Kastle Systems \u201cBack to Work Barometer, which \u201cNew York York\u201d cites as gospel truth.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, as The Post has reported, Kastle measures only buildings \u2014 many of them so-called \u201cClass-B\u201d properties \u2014 that pay to use the company\u2019s security system. That leaves out nine of the city\u2019s 10 largest commercial landlords, whose tenants are the major financial-service companies and law firms with the highest daily attendances. Entirely missing are the biggest owners, such as SL Green, Vornado, Related Companies, Rudin Management and Rockefeller Group.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/police-shooting-bronx-5.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Investigators at the scene where a police involved shooting took place on the Major Deegan Expressway near E161st Street in the Bronx on Dec. 4, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-25032368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/police-shooting-bronx-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/police-shooting-bronx-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/police-shooting-bronx-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A safer city can help usher in a full economic recovery.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nor does it count towers owned by companies that occupy them, such as Morgan Stanley, some of which are virtually 100% full all week.<\/p>\n<p>To the extent some office locations are in trouble, the mayor and governor\u2019s brainstorms to tackle the problem reflect everything wrong with today\u2019s auto-averse urban orthodoxies.<\/p>\n<p>More \u201cplazas\u201d around Grand Central? There are already a slew of them \u2014 such as the large new one adjacent to the One Vanderbilt tower between East 42nd and 43d streets, and the one adjacent to the\u00a0Park Avenue viaduct.<\/p>\n<p>Even if the Department of Transportation were to ram yet another down our throats, do the mayor and governor believe they\u2019d be enough to entice suburbanites back to their two-hour commutes after working at home for nearly three years?<\/p>\n<p>As for automating trash collection: How about getting the Sanitation Department to do a better job than the one it does now, which has left streets filthier with uncollected garbage than they were under Mayor Bill de Blasio? Or eliminating the outdoor-dining sheds which make the Big Apple one big feast for rodents?<\/p>\n<p>For sure, Adams and Hochul said some promising things about the mayor\u2019s dreamed-of \u201ccity of yes.\u201d Hochul acknowledged that the city is over-regulated and barriers are prohibitively high to transforming obsolete office buildings into apartments. But who doesn\u2019t know that?<\/p>\n<p>Both politicians call for a safer city \u2014 the need for which is the real impediment to full economic recovery. Adams publicly laments the damage caused by so-called \u201cbail reform,\u201d district attorneys who act more like public defenders and turn-\u2019em-loose judges. Hochul\u2019s commitment is a lot softer, if it exists at all.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor must coax or cajole her into what she needs to do \u2014 stand up to Albany legislators who seem to enjoy watching law-abiding citizens squirm as gang members, muggers and violent crazies turn the streets lawless. 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