New York City officials hoped the week after Labor Day would represent a return to normalcy in the city’s major business districts.

Instead, 23% of Manhattan office workers had returned to the workplace, a survey of major employers released Aug. 25 by the Partnership for New York City found, and 41% of office workers planned to return by Sept. 30. In May, a previous survey projected that 62% of workers would be back in September.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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