By ANNA GRONEWOLD and ERIN DURKIN
06/01/2022 07:34 AM EDT
Presented by the American Chemistry Council
A top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams is reminding municipal workers to ditch their home offices and show up to their jobs — a policy aligned with the business community's desire to inject pre-pandemic energy into the city's veins.
With Adams set to deliver a speech before the business-friendly Association for a Better New York at Cipriani Wall Street this morning, City Hall chief of staff Frank Carone blasted out the missive to agency heads to reiterate the in-person mandate.
"Please note, the Mayor has repeatedly emphasized, for the City to continue its comeback, we need employees from every sector to return to their offices. The benefits of this return for the city are immeasurable and we, as City employees, must continue to lead by example," Carone wrote in the email, a copy of which was obtained by our Sally Goldenberg.
"While hybrid schedules have become more common in the private sector, the Mayor firmly believes that the city needs its workers to report to work every day in person," he added. "To that end, all City employees should be advised that, absent a reasonable accommodation, you are required to report to work in person for every scheduled workday and hybrid schedules of any kind are not permitted."
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