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New York Governor Kathy Hochul. Image via Gov. Hochul’s official Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n

Nearly two years after offices emptied out nationwide, New York Governor Kathy Hochul is urging workers in the Empire State to return to their workplaces. Hochul made the bid during a speech focused on rebuilding after the pandemic Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

The Governor, who took office in August after former Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned, spoke at a breakfast event hosted by the Association for a Better New York, where she laid out a plan to rebuild the state after the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cOffices are still too empty and too many workers are at home\u2014that has an impact on our economy and ripples across the entire city,\u201d Hochul tweeted from her official account<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m putting a stake in the ground: It\u2019s time to get back to the office.\u201d<\/p>\n

The plea from the Governor did not go over well with Twitter users, who overwhelmingly responded negatively to Hochul\u2019s tweet, with many saying the Governor was out of touch with what office workers and companies want.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of going back to a broken model with no balance, we need to lean into the new way of working because it\u2019s here to stay,\u201d Twitter user @DaddyFiles replied to Hochul\u2019s tweet.<\/p>\n

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Office attendance in the city has been slowly rising, but is still nowhere near pre-pandemic levels, according to a recent study from the nonprofit group Partnership for New York City. As of late October, 28 percent of Manhattan office workers are back at their workplaces on any given weekday, while 54 percent are still fully remote, according to the report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of the industries surveyed, the real estate industry has the highest average daily attendance by far, with 77 percent, followed by 27 percent of financial services employees and 27 percent of law firm employees.<\/p>\n

The results came from a survey of major employers over in mid to late October of this year. Those surveyed said they expected that about half of their workers will be in the office on an average weekday by the end of January next year, while a third of employers anticipate needing less office space over the next five years.<\/p>\n

Manhattan\u2019s office market has struggled in recent months. In September, office vacancy stayed flat month-over-month, posting an average of 10.8 percent, according to CommercialEdge data. On the sales side, deal volume has slowed, with just three office transactions<\/a> closing in Manhattan in September.<\/p>\n

Hochul, who made her remarks at the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, made her return to office request a New Year\u2019s resolution, and urged others to do the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow about this New Year\u2019s resolution? That in the days after New Year\u2019s, that we say \u2018everybody back in the office,\u2019\u201d said Hochul during the speech. \u201cYou can have a flex time, but we need you back, at least the majority of the week, come on back, New Yorkers, we miss you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Attendance in Manhattan is still far below pre-pandemic levels, according to a recent survey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":745,"featured_media":1004558318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21808,1600,21742,10,21747],"tags":[51508,51509],"class_list":["post-1004558317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-new-york","category-latest","category-northeast","category-office","tag-governor-kathy-hochul","tag-partnership-for-new-york-city"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNY Governor to Office Workers: Come Back -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/ny-governor-to-office-workers-come-back\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NY Governor to Office Workers: Come Back\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Attendance in Manhattan is still far below pre-pandemic levels, according to a recent survey.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/ny-governor-to-office-workers-come-back\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-18T22:36:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-08T18:46:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/11\/51689499715_299c5f6766_k-e1637271457407.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"594\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Holly Dutton\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/ny-governor-to-office-workers-come-back\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/ny-governor-to-office-workers-come-back\/\",\"name\":\"NY Governor to Office Workers: Come Back -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/ny-governor-to-office-workers-come-back\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/ny-governor-to-office-workers-come-back\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/11\/51689499715_299c5f6766_k-e1637271457407.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-18T22:36:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-08T18:46:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/9259ffaba4775229ae3556b9555e566d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/ny-governor-to-office-workers-come-back\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/ny-governor-to-office-workers-come-back\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/ny-governor-to-office-workers-come-back\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/11\/51689499715_299c5f6766_k-e1637271457407.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/11\/51689499715_299c5f6766_k-e1637271457407.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":594,\"caption\":\"New York Governor Kathy Hochul. 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