visitors and we have been overwhelmed. we are delighted to be a city that welcomes over 10 million people annually and, therefore, we re delighted to serve our nation and our community in this way where we welcome visitors. our businesses with thrilled and obviously the visitors are happy to be able to get here as well as locals. you say overwe will md. i noticed some tweets over the weekend that traffic was a bit of a headache. i experienced some of that even on a rainy holiday weekend in the new york city area. how are the businesses holding up there? we ve seen so many reports across the country about a shortage of employees that is impacting businesses as they reopen. well, it s a challenge, the reality is that they do have a shortage, particularly in the service industries as it relates to our restaurants and bars of employees, but, you know, i ve spoken to quite a few of them and they are hunkering down and they ve got, you know, a lot of