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Yea, it's really ridiculous. Between the vacant storefronts and the multitude of storefronts that have either become banks and real estate offices--blegh.
Tribeca looks like a dump now. There are so many small businesses that are not able to afford rent. Everything is either closing or another bank is opening. To make it worse, there's graffiti all over the vacant storefronts.
Tribeca looks like a dump now. There are so many small businesses that are not able to afford rent. Everything is either closing or another bank is opening. To make it worse, there's graffiti all over the vacant storefronts.
And homeless people camped out. It's the same all over Manhattan. Awful.
Yea, it's really ridiculous. Between the vacant storefronts and the multitude of storefronts that have either become banks and real estate offices--blegh.
All your beloved government programs need to be funded somehow. DeBlasio's property tax contribution just ain't gonna cut it.
we noticed this on smith street in brooklyn, a lot of empty storefronts for sure.
i think the rents are just to dam high and they cant make it.
Wow even over there now. Here in Northeast Queens this started last year after they announced the $15 min wage. So I don't think it's the rent so much, but the increasing min wage makes small restaurants that are not packed all the time unprofitable. A small sit down restaurant that hires one cashier, a cook, a helper, and a waitress needs at least 5 tables with two people sitting down spending $30 bucks per hour just to barely break even. It's simple math that our voter wh**e politicians refuse to bother with.
All your beloved government programs need to be funded somehow. DeBlasio's property tax contribution just ain't gonna cut it.
Which government programs of mine are beloved?
I am for a vacancy tax and a general reduction of fines, fees and regulations where reasonable for small businesses.
I also don't quite understand why with its great density, NYC hasn't adopted the multi-level businesses (as in taking up multiple floors of buildings) that are prevalent throughout East Asian cities.
At least in nyc, doctors offices are hardly ever on ground level, not do much in the outer boros.
And many fast food places, franchised, are staffed by family, or of their own kind. Wonder how that new minumum will affect the price of coffee and a doughnut.
I know in other parts of the country, store fronts are used mixed living/commercial space. That is not legal in the 5 boros. Allowing living quarters in a business may help with expenses.
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