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We've had this trip planned for a year and have babysitting and time off work set up, etc. so it would be very difficult to postpone in the immediate future.
I know a lot can change with COVID-19 in the next 2 weeks, but I guess I'm curious to get a sense of what the vibe in the city is like right now. Are museums, restaurants, bars, etc. generally open? Are people staying home or does it still feel like a vibrant bustling city (that's one of the things I love most about NYC - the energy)?
Any reports from on the ground would be much appreciated! Thanks,
Im in hospitality here in NYC. Many, many cancellations leading to less crowds. Things at this moment are still open, from bars and restaraunts to museums. I heard about one tour boat cancelling its trip from a guest directly. Keep up with the news and alerts, as things can still change from moment to moment.
I went out for brunch on Sunday, in Brooklyn not the city but Williamsburg is always packed when we have good weather like we did on Sunday, there was a good amount of people out but honestly not as much as there usually is.
The person I was at brunch with works in the hotel industry, and I was told that hotels are losing a lot of money due to cancellations over the virus here in the city. The property where they work in midtown lost half a million just last week, another hotel by the same owner on the west side had to close because they only had 20% of their rooms booked.
Right now people are cancelling a lot of things in the city. If this virus continues the way it's going or gets worse I highly doubt you'll find the vibrant bustling city you're use to.
I work in midtown and it's not as crowded as it usually is, also noticed less tourist. Same thing with the subway it was weird that yesterday at 5pm I got on the train found a seat and only a handful of people were standing.
I went out for brunch on Sunday, in Brooklyn not the city but Williamsburg is always packed when we have good weather like we did on Sunday, there was a good amount of people out but honestly not as much as there usually is.
The person I was at brunch with works in the hotel industry, and I was told that hotels are losing a lot of money due to cancellations over the virus here in the city. The property where they work in midtown lost half a million just last week, another hotel by the same owner on the west side had to close because they only had 20% of their rooms booked.
Right now people are cancelling a lot of things in the city. If this virus continues the way it's going or gets worse I highly doubt you'll find the vibrant bustling city you're use to.
I work in midtown and it's not as crowded as it usually is, also noticed less tourist. Same thing with the subway it was weird that yesterday at 5pm I got on the train found a seat and only a handful of people were standing.
Interesting - thanks for the update. As long as most businesses and attractions are open I don't think we'd cancel.
Interesting - thanks for the update. As long as most businesses and attractions are open I don't think we'd cancel.
City and state universities have cancelled in person classes as of this afternoon.
Next step will be for all other schools in NY to close, once that happens everything else will follow suit.
If I were you I’d keep a lookout for that because it looks like it’s coming.
My child’s school sent emails this afternoon saying they have prepared lesson to be done from home and they will be sending all kids with school provided electronics beginning this week.
We've had this trip planned for a year and have babysitting and time off work set up, etc. so it would be very difficult to postpone in the immediate future.
I know a lot can change with COVID-19 in the next 2 weeks, but I guess I'm curious to get a sense of what the vibe in the city is like right now. Are museums, restaurants, bars, etc. generally open? Are people staying home or does it still feel like a vibrant bustling city (that's one of the things I love most about NYC - the energy)?
Any reports from on the ground would be much appreciated! Thanks,
Coming here could be the worst decision of you life. In a week or so Mayor DiBlasio predicts hundreds of cases discovered (but could be thousands of people carrying it)
The national guard is in New Rochelle doing containment. The number of tests done so far probably is in the hundreds. This is a very dense international city playing catch up on tests. Once they get more test going and it may only be 1-2000 a week in a city of 8 million.
Except for some Asians very few people are wearing face mask and they are very hard to find.
I can't think of a worse time to come to NY, it could be locked down without warning in a several days or a couple of weeks
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