he went from hundred rentals a day to just five. >> we wish to stay so we don't know yet. our business is based on tourism. it doesn't make sense to hang around for a year making very little. >> reporter: according to a brokerage, quarter of lower manhattan office space was out you of business because of the storm. 35% of businesses do have business interruption insurance but of those that have it they are having a hard time assessing it. in community ease resilience has been tested before. >> after 9/11 we faced a 16 acre hole in the heart of our neighborhood and we did rebuild. we have been down this road before. it will take a long time. it will be very challenging but we will rebuild our neighborhood. >> reporter: some of these