NYers are saving thousands thanks to COVID-19 work-from-home setups
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What doesn’t kill you makes your bank account stronger.
New Yorkers have saved upwards of $5,000 on average — among the largest amounts nationwide — since coronavirus lockdowns began in March 2020, a new study shows. Telecommuting and stay-at-home orders that slashed everyday work-related expenses and social spending resulted in Gothamites with full-time jobs amassing $475 in average monthly savings. New Jersey workers saved $410, according to the survey by CreditNinja. Nationally, working Americans have averaged savings of $329 monthly over the past year, with Alaskans topping the list at $654 and Louisiana pocketed the least with $149.
It was a flashback to NYC in the 1990s.
The killing of Iran’s tyrannical Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday in an unprecedented joint military attack by the US and Israel called Operation Epic Fury set off widespread celebrations from Iranians around the world — as President Trump said it would give them their “greatest chance” to “take back the country.” Meanwhile, in Iran, a lack of internet has made it impossible for Iranians to easily communicate daily conditions. Over a period of three days, with limited VPN connection, an eyewitness currently in Tehran — who, for her safety, is concealing her identity — shared her account of life under a country in the midst of battle with The Post’s Natasha Pearlman.
After exactly 120 years, the curtain has fallen on the Theater District institution Barbetta, with the iconic Italian restaurant having served its final course Friday night.