Remote work hollows out the daily tax base, empties office towers, and kills the small businesses that depend on commuters. Relocations are a trickle; remote work is a flood.
Remote work threatens NYC more. It drains daily foot traffic, weakens office values, and hollows out the ecosystem that makes the city鈥檚 economy hum.
Remote work is the ultimate threat. When people earn a New York salary from a couch in Ohio, the city's commercial real estate and local businesses collapse.
Remote work guts NYC by letting workers live anywhere while companies shrink offices, bleeding tax revenue and street life way harder than flashy relocations.