{"id":1401130,"date":"2022-03-25T20:15:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T00:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1401130"},"modified":"2022-03-25T20:15:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T00:15:14","slug":"poll-nearly-40-of-nyc-office-workers-consider-fleeing-crime-laden-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-nearly-40-of-nyc-office-workers-consider-fleeing-crime-laden-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Nearly 40% of NYC Office Workers Consider Fleeing Crime-Laden City"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-nearly-40-of-nyc-office-workers-consider-fleeing-crime-laden-city%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1401130&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A shocking 39 percent of employees who work in New York City offices are considering fleeing the Big Apple, as 43 percent of those still working from home say \u201cpublic safety\u201d is their biggest concern regarding a return to the office, a poll has revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The poll, <a href=\"https:\/\/pfnyc.org\/news\/poll-reveals-employees-will-resist-return-to-office-until-city-and-subways-are-safe\/\">commissioned<\/a> by the Partnership for New York City, was conducted by the Morning Consult from February 17 \u2013 March 11 and <a href=\"https:\/\/pfnyc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Morning-Consult_PFNYC_03.24.2022.pdf\">surveyed<\/a> \u201c9,386 adults working in New York City offices.\u201d The full survey results\u2019 margin of error is plus or minus one percent and the interviews took place online.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The poll discovered that 40 percent of employees who live in Manhattan said \u201cthey are thinking about moving away from NYC,\u201d while 48 percent of employees living in other boroughs are also considering leaving the city. Of all those surveyed throughout the boroughs, northern suburbs, and Long Island, 39 percent said they are thinking of moving away.<\/p>\n<p>Just 38 percent said they were \u201coptimistic\u201d about New York City\u2019s future, while 62 percent said they were either \u201cpessimistic\u201d or \u201cunsure.\u201d Of respondents, 84 percent said the city\u2019s conditions have declined since 2020, with 47 percent indicating they have \u201cgreatly worsened\u201d and 37 percent reporting they have \u201csomewhat worsened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A whopping 94 percent of participants said the city is failing to do enough to address homelessness and mental illness (listed together as one category), while 85 percent said the city is not adequately addressing assaults, and 77 percent noted the city could do more on gun violence. Fifty-seven percent said not enough is being done to curb shoplifting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Of those who say they commute to work, 82 percent said homelessness on the public transit system has worsened compared to the pre-pandemic days, while 74 percent said safety has deteriorated since before March 2020. Nearly half, 48 percent of commuters, reported public transit has become less sanitary.<\/p>\n<p>The employees\u2019 claims of safety issues on public transit are reinforced by the New York City Police Department\u2019s transit crime statistics. From January 1 to March 20 of 2022, transit crime <a href=\"https:\/\/compstat.nypdonline.org\/2e5c3f4b-85c1-4635-83c6-22b27fe7c75c\/view\/90\">rose<\/a> 75 percent compared to the same period in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Of those still working remotely, respondents were asked to rate \u201ctheir biggest concerns about returning to the office\/workplace,\u201d from the following five choices: personal safety, exposure to coronavirus, long commute, other, and childcare. Forty-three percent said their primary concern about returning to the office was rooted in \u201cpersonal safety,\u201d while 31 percent ranked \u201cpersonal safety\u201d as their secondary concern. Twenty-nine percent said their foremost concern was coronavirus exposure, and 32 percent ranked it second.<\/p>\n<p>The survey also asked respondents to write a short response as to how businesses can help expedite the city\u2019s turnaround.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur company should be extremely vocal with city officials that employee safety is #1,\u201d one employee said. \u201cAll businesses should have measures in place to be active in this space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although many have gripes with the city and report to be considering an exit, 72 percent of employees said they are committed (somewhat or strongly) to the Big Apple and want to be a part of its turnaround.<\/p>\n<p>Of those surveyed, 80 percent go to work in Manhattan, and 14 percent work remotely from home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A shocking 39 percent of employees who work in New York City offices are considering fleeing the Big Apple, as 43 percent of those still working from home say \u201cpublic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1401130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1401130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1401130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1401130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1401130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}