from the city's Department of Transportation found that four Open Street corridors — where car traffic was restricted during designated times in Astoria, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, and Manhattan's Koreatown — outperformed their pre-pandemic business in the first 18 months after the arrival of COVID-19.
Throughout the city, restaurants and bars along Open Streets corridors saw an average 19% increase in sales compared to their own pre-pandemic levels. Nearby control streets saw a decline of 29%. Still, both mayoral administrations that have passed the baton on Open Streets — former Mayor Bill de Blasio and now-Mayor Eric Adams — have been publicly invested in its long-term success.
Businesses were more likely to continue to file taxes — a sign of continuing operations — if they were on one of the Open Streets corridors reviewed for Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. The difference was most stark in Manhattan — with 86% of businesses on Open Streets corridors continuing to file, compared with 67% on control streets.
Lol and they all took PPP loans and made their workers sick with a level-3 biohazard
Prohibit NYC dog owners from having their dogs defecate & urinate on city sidewalks. It’s become excessive. A health hazard. A destruction of our quality of life. Either enforce curbing the dogs (in the street to be picked up) or require it to be done in their homes. NYCesspool