Like many cities around the world, New York City has seen life drained from its commercial core, as offices have been left to sit nearly empty for months. These unoccupied offices raise a lot of questions about the future of work, the future of cities, and whether buildings built to hold offices will even make sense in a world so thoroughly upended by a pandemic. But they may also be offering some solutions.
According to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State address on Monday, these empty office spaces could take on new lives and solve multiple problems in cities like New York.
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