Mayor Eric Adams needs to get creative if he wants office workers to return to Manhattan.
When all else fails, try the obvious. Two years ago, everyone fled their Midtown and downtown offices — and New York is giving in to fatalism that they won’t return. But the city hasn’t done anything to make people want to come back. Crazy idea: If we want commuters to come back to Midtown and downtown, why not make these places . . . nicer?
No, this isn’t an article about stopping violent crime and disturbed behavior. If we can’t keep children safe from being punched by strangers in front of the Plaza Hotel and we can’t protect straphangers from deranged threats on their way to Manhattan, we won’t get far.
Beyond public safety, though, are public amenities.
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Nicole Gelinas is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor at City Journal. Follow her on Twitter here.
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