Retail outlets are now reportedly beginning to abandon the big Apple, and in particular Manhattan, in droves as the brutal economic effects of the coronavirus lockdown continues to take its toll.
As dnyuz.com reports:
The tourists are gone, the office towers surrounding it are largely empty and the restaurant’s 1,000-seat dining room is closed. Instead, dinner is cooked and served on its patio, and the scaled-down restaurant brings in about $12,000 a day — an 85 percent plunge in revenue, its chief executive said.
Five months into the pandemic, the drastic turn of events at businesses like Bryant Park Grill & Cafe that are part of national chains shows how the economic damage in New York has in many cases been far worse than elsewhere in the country…
Michael Weinstein, the chief executive of Ark Restaurants, who owns Bryant Park Grill & Cafe and 19 other restaurants, said he will never open another restaurant in New York…
“There’s no reason to do business in New York,” Mr. Weinstein said. “I can do the same volume in Florida in the same square feet as I would have in New York, with my expenses being much less. The idea was that branding and locations were important, but the expense of being in this city has overtaken the marketing group that says you have to be there.”
It seems that businesses are finally fed up with New York’s high cost of doing business and draconian lockdowns. Whether this will force New York’s ultra-liberal mayor, Bill De Blasio, to change course however remains to be seen.
New York, California, Washington , Oregon never, ever learn. You do not spit on people who paid your salary. They are finally get tired and leave. KARMA is a bitch, but is never wrong. You got what you asked for.
The country should be split into liberal hell holes and conservative states, let them wallow in their own shit, but never allow them to infect the states where good people live
Amen.
Seriously doubt these are unintended consequences. The entire Demonrat party is completely dedicated to destroyimg the prosperous America we have all enjoyed in one way or another.
It will not be long before people from other nations who once gave up everything to come to this country will be seekimg ways to leave once the “freebies” are taken away.
There was a time when God did bless America. Not so sure HE is pleased with his Godless New World Order.
Les, the problem is that the ‘freebies” will never be taken away as long as there is democratic Party, that is their number one Vote gathering method.
Mayor DeBlasio is an incompetent Liberal Lunatic! For many years, wife and I visited for long weekends, shopping, restaurants and a play or two, that’s over DeBlasio destroyed my and many other frequent visitors ability and desire to visit the city. I fear for my life in NYC and will not buy a bullet proof vest to visit.
I am completely astonished that a RECALL initiative has not started or corrupt Cuomo use his governortoritorial powers to oust the incompetent, disgusting, pathetic Democrat mayor.
How can it not happen? Businesses are being killed both by the confusion of the virus, and the potential for violence and destruction organized by groups like BLM and Antifa. With no police protection or at least limited police protection, who wants to do business in a town like New York? I’ll bet De Blasio’s security detail hasn’t gotten any smaller, if anything I’d bet it’s been increased.
The mayor is an incompetent liberal lunatic! For many years, wife and I visited for long weekends, shopping, restaurants and a play or two, that’s over DeBlasio destroyed my and many other frequent visitors ability and desire to visit the city.
I am completely astonished that a RECALL initiative has not started or corrupt Cuomo use his governortorial powers to oust the incompetent, disgusting, pathetic Democrat mayor.
Like you John, my wife and I would visit New York for exactly the same reasons you’ve given. It’s just become and encumbrance so now I prefer to spend my money in a much safer environment. Their loss, my gain.
This will be same results in Seattle, Portland, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, and many cities thruout California and other cities with liberal corrupt socialist democrat politicians in control!!! Citizens nation wide better wake up and see these ELECTED Officials only want Money & Power Over We The People!!! Vote them Out of Office November 2020 or forever loose Our Constitution & America as we know it now!!
Are the voters in all those cities content with the horrendous events, or too inept and lazy to initiate a recall of the governors and the mayors?
Don’t worry, after all is said and done. Somehow, this will be Trump’s fault, just like the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Mayor Bill di Blasio has destroyed New York City through his police stand-down orders that caused high crime rates, his allowing violent riots, looting, and arson for political reasons, his very high taxation, his defunding of the police department, and all his failures to address his citizens’ and city businesses’ problems, the exact opposite of how the Republican Mayor Rudy Giuliani ran the city.
Whether this will force New York’s ultra-liberal mayor, Bill De Blasio, to change course however remains to be seen.
I doubt if the voters are smart enough to change NYC leadership. If they were they would have never gotten into this mess in the first place.
De Blasio is not ultra liberal. De Blasio is a communist.
it has a lot to do with the MOBS ,BLM, Illegals and Antifa.. Also the Taxes .. They need to get rid of the Governor and Mayor
I was born, raised and lived for many years in NYC, departed permanently in 1967. As to it’s current mayor, I have this to say. How is it that this .an became Mayor? Obviously, he ran for office and was elected, but based on exactly what. How come. To me, the question is academic only. That said, the answer might prove interesting.
Blasio’s angling for a federal bailout. Trump might buy a few votes by fixing what Blasio did, but it’s goes against the grain of free enterprise. Besides, Blasio needs a lesson in constitutional principles.
Meet Warren Wilhelm Jr. Born w/ a silver spoon in his mouth;parents had to leave federal jobs because they were communists. He left to go to college in Nicaragua in the ’80’s and greatly admired Sandinista.He returned to America and joined the the Nicaragua Solidarity Movement of New York whose goal was to end capitalism and replace it with ‘democratic socialism'(another name for communism). When he married in ’94, he honeymooned in Cuba. Said he is very proud of his Marxist work.Worked for both of the Clinton Campaigns. In 2001, he changed his name to Bill DeBlasio.
Do you actually think a communist cares about the U.S. Constitution? He would be happy to bring America down. There’s none so blind as those who do not see.
This is what happens when you elect people like killercommiecuomo, and debuttzio. They kill what they have benefited from their entire lives. Cali is no different, they drive free enterprise and freedom from their states further deepening the third world shitholes they’ve created,
Mel,
You are far too kind to Satan’s minions
the Golden Goose is dead but those idiots are still trying to find the source of the eggs.
you hit the nil on the head dead center. What has me confused is why haven’t the people with some common sense not have thrown his butt out the door? All is illegaly against the law. Enforce the laws yourselves? They want to play rough, well oblige them.
And they come to Red states and vote for democrats so they don’t learn. If you move to a red state and want our benefits, like no state income tax, then vote for the people who keep our state preferable to live in.
Ha Ha, that is so true. They fleeing Ca in all directions so beware who is coming into your state!
That’s the great Conservative Fear: that liberals will flee the hell they’ve created in their own states with their insane Communist / Globalist / Progressive idiocy, and bring that same pandemic to our prosperous Red states ruining them as well.