The initiative, which started last year, is helping New Yorkers celebrate Halloween by expanding car-free pedestrian spaces for families and trick-or-treaters.
There is still a ways to go, but Robert Byrnes has been heartened by signs that more New Yorkers are getting back to the office after the coronavirus pandemic. "The subway train was absolutely packed this morning," he said. "I'm back to waiting in lines at lunchtime." Still, Byrnes, who…