The State of Our Cities: Recasting the Shadow Left by COVID

After COVID took hold in 2020, many of those who could high-tailed it out of the crowded cities where they worked and headed for home offices in the ‘burbs, as office buildings gathered dust. Today, although rents have bounced back from all-time lows and then some, working remotely is still very much with us—as is the virus to an extent. Can cities regain their former luster? Chief Investment Officer Tony Roth looks at the current situation and explores what’s next for our urban centers with Dean of New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Dr. Sherry Glied.