Support
Job development in the boroughs outside of Manhattan has been part of Mayor Bloomberg's agenda and, in this case especially, has been seen as a way to stem the tide of companies leaving New York City for New Jersey and other locations. While rents in Manhattan are prohibitive for some companies, offering lower rent office space in the boroughs may be a way to keep jobs in the City and maintain the tax base that sustains municipal services. Spearheaded by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the project has received the approval of the Empire State Development Corporation.
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“An ordinary man will work every day for a year at shoveling dirt to support his body, or a family of bodies; but he is an extraordinary man who will work a whole day in a year for the support of his soul. Even the priests, men of God, so called, for the most part confess that they work for the support of the body.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)