Credit: Getty More than a year since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic — forcing employees throughout the world out of their offices and into working from home to curb the virus' spread — new research shows remote work may become the new normal for Manhattan's one million office workers. A few weeks ago, The Partnership for New York City surveyed the island's largest employers about their return-to-work plans. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow Following You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. About 66% of companies said they will adopt a hybrid model in the coming months, which would see employees commute to the office some days and work from home for the rest of the week, while 22% said they will require employees to return to the office full-time.