I know I am supposed to tip the staff of my Upper West Side co-op, but I never know how much. A: Every year, New Yorkers tip their doormen, supers and porters for a year of opening the doors, cleaning the hallways, collecting the packages and doing the other thankless jobs necessary to keep a building running smoothly. If ever there were a year to open your wallet wide, this is the one. Between February and May, 1.25 million jobs were reportedly lost in New York City. In October, the unemployment rate was 13.2 percent — a huge leap from 3.6 percent in October 2019.

Source: New York Times December 12, 2020 09:56 UTC