City Workers Are Back in the Buildings

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 15, 2021

New York City's municipal workforce has been ordered back in the office full-time, and many people are not happy about it. New York Times metro reporter Dana Rubinstein reports what she's been hearing from public employees on COVID safety procedures and productivity and talks about what this might mean for the future of government work.

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