New York has historically been known as a land of opportunity and possibility and glittering breathtaking glitz. Now it's apparently a place where you have to dress shabbier to avoid catching a knife on the way to work:
Amid a surge in some New York City violent crime, Wall Street bigwigs continue to encourage younger staffers to come into the office — but to do so with caution.
At Bank of America, senior executives have quietly encouraged younger employees to "dress down" to attract less attention as they make their way to B of A's tower at 1 Bryant Park.
These execs have told their staffers that dressing up, or wearing anything with a Bank of America logo, could make them a target. One bank employee told On The Money he is on high alert after he spotted someone with a knife near the office during a recent trek to the Manhattan workplace.
Yeesh.
New York has been recovering somewhat from the mass exodus that happened amid the worst of the pandemic. If crime numbers stay up, however—and if the city continues deteriorating into a fearful nightmarescape where bank staffers have to dress poorly to avoid getting assaulted—those numbers will likely reverse.
An emptying city will likely only exacerbate the problems we're seeing, as the richer and more well-to-do residents depart for greener pastures, leaving behind a less wealthy, more desperate, and more vulnerable New York.
