As of last week, 49 percent of desks sat empty in Chicago, 53 percent in D.C., 51 percent in New York and Los Angeles. For some mayors, the remote-work boom has seeded fiscal disaster. New York, alone, “is going to see about $12 billion less in expenditures in downtown Manhattan” because of remote work.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
It’s been 3 years — workers are more productive than ever at home – why would they trade that for hours of daily commuting to a downtown crime toilet
Downtown will be a ghost town soon. Too much crime, too expensive and public transportation is filled with homeless and criminals.