New York City businesses
are barely hanging on
New York Post,
by
Gabrielle Fonrouge *
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
2/21/2021 9:11:28 PM
Nearly one year after the COVID-19 pandemic hit New York, parts of the Big Apple look more like ghost towns, lined with shuttered storefronts, empty office buildings and businesses teetering on the edge of closure. Now industry leaders and struggling store owners are calling on the city and state to turn things around—before it’s too late.(Snip) As of this month, more than 47 percent of small businesses citywide remain closed, while revenue for those that are open has dropped nearly 60 percent, according to TrackTheRecovery.org, a Harvard University-run database tracing the virus’ economic impact. In Lower Manhattan, commercial office leasing dropped
Reply 1 - Posted by:
OldBuffalo 2/21/2021 9:16:02 PM (No. 704300)
As the old saying goes, "You get the government you deserve"
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
vhs68 2/21/2021 9:31:08 PM (No. 704307)
NYC, just another Detroit in he making.
14 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
seamusm 2/21/2021 9:32:30 PM (No. 704308)
Pardon me while I mourn. Okay - times up. Let us all laugh now. I have very little pity for people who continue to elect such as Cuomo and De-blowhard-io. Unless, of course, those elections were also stolen???
18 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
XCenturion 2/21/2021 9:42:53 PM (No. 704316)
You get what you elect New York. Keep electing those Democrats you morons!
11 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
subal 2/21/2021 9:48:56 PM (No. 704321)
Enjoy the government you voted for.
Enjoy the 'suck'!
8 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
Venturer 2/21/2021 10:54:10 PM (No. 704346)
Open them up.
1 person likes this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
DVC 2/22/2021 12:40:38 AM (No. 704388)
Vote for lunatics, and you have to live with what lunatics do.
No sympathy for the self important, arrogant folks that most NY folks seem to be.
7 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
24tea@Mag 2/22/2021 12:45:03 AM (No. 704394)
You brought iron yourselves, just let like your liberal voting. You did it you fix it.
4 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
fishbone 2/22/2021 1:04:58 AM (No. 704401)
New York may be the center of your universe but it's merely a festering boil on the derriere of the USA. The rest of the country is in just as bad (if not worse) shape all due to the Dem Corruptocrats.
8 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Rather Read 2/22/2021 2:19:07 AM (No. 704439)
I guess I'll never go to New York then. I love museums and art and history, but I don't love the fact that I am a target for feral people who could kill me and then walk free.
12 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
cThree 2/22/2021 4:07:45 AM (No. 704461)
I agree with all of the above. They brought it on themselves, they got what they deserve, and so on.
And the attempt to suck money out of places that did NOT go on that progressive Democrat joyride is shameless. (See the adjacent piece here on Lucianne about Schumer's appeal for a restaurant bailout for NYC.)
Most disturbing of all, sadly, is that these same politicians have now brought their brand of political malware to the federal level.
5 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 2/22/2021 5:08:27 AM (No. 704470)
So, where is Schumer and Hilldibrand saving these business from the crazy governor and mayor. We should not be providing support to this city or state because of mismanagement by political hacks that did this on purpose to kill the economy. Schumer and Hilldibrand should be going after DeBlasio and Cuomo to open up the businesses. I could not care if every business goes down the drain in NY. They voted for these two clowns, they own it.
8 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Califedup 2/22/2021 7:00:08 AM (No. 704498)
Just to be clear, the industry leaders and small businesses who are teetering on the edge of total ruin caused by the illegal and unconstitutional lockdowns of their businesses imposed by the communist death democrats they elected to rule over them are now turning to the same communist death democrats who have ruined them to save them? Am I the only one who is amazed at their utter stupidity? As ye sow, so shall ye reap. Right?
2 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
anniebc 2/22/2021 7:20:12 AM (No. 704516)
We shouldn't blame everyday people for elections anymore, now that we know how much the left cheats. Back in November-December, we learned that cheating has been tolerated in democrat strongholds for decades. Heck, it could be going on in Red states too. Could it be that the people in these locations don't have much choice? It's something to think about.
1 person likes this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Lazyman 2/22/2021 7:31:13 AM (No. 704524)
People can't wait to walk the streets and shop where criminals run free to assault and rob with impunity.
4 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
Daisymay 2/22/2021 7:45:53 AM (No. 704535)
Maybe you ought to think about having a REPUBLICAN Governor and Mayor. Maybe then you would have a chance to come back. As long as your state is run by Democrats, you will suffer. You could always call up Ron DeSantis and get some points on how to run a state from him!!
2 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
udanja99 2/22/2021 8:19:33 AM (No. 704559)
Don’t blame it all on covid. Keep in mind that all of the high end stores on Fifth Avenue were trashed and looted by Antifa and BLM. Those companies are never going to re-open those stores just to see it happen again. Most of Fifth Avenue, a huge tourist Mecca in the past, is boarded up and will remain that way. BLM has billions. NYC should get their relief cash from them.
5 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 2/22/2021 10:32:13 AM (No. 704691)
I once thought about going to NYC over the holidays and catching shows and museums. Not any more.
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Nice city ya got there. Be a real shame if you elected an outright Marxist as mayor and an incompetent Democrat congenital crook as governor.