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Cuomo pushes employers to force their employees return to NYC

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Re: Cuomo pushes employers to force their employees return to NYC

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Also his last re-election was a joke, "somehow" his only primary challenger was a nobody and literally not a politician, so he won that handily, and then beat his Republican opponent more or less on the grounds of being not-a-Republican. It sucks.

Is it time to move? Stop consenting.

The last thing anywhere else needs are people who have NY politics within their overton window.

Re: Cuomo pushes employers to force their employees return to NYC

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I mean, NYC rents are still through the roof. They could build out housing in these tall empty spaces.

I think that it is actually quite expensive and time consuming to convert office space to residential. The main issue being plumbing. Most offices are setup to have a few restrooms and maybe a sink in each space for the break room. It's a rather difficult problem when you go from 5 rarely used sinks on each floor to needing to supply water and waste drainage for maybe 50 sinks, 50 showers, 50 bathtubs, 50-100 toilets…

Oh I bet, but if the office space is becoming long term not useful, and people still pay a lot to live in NYC, it seems like there’s money in conversion.

That said I am the farthest thing from a real estate expert as you’ll get.

Re: Cuomo pushes employers to force their employees return to NYC

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I mean, NYC rents are still through the roof. They could build out housing in these tall empty spaces.

housing would follow the work places, and as they go, housing demand is not a given.

I hear you, but it's NYC - rents are still high enough that I'm thinking demand for housing is there even if demand for office space isn't.
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