Foot traffic in Manhattan surpassed pre-pandemic levels for the first time since the city shut down more than five years ago, according to Placer.ai, a firm that monitors pedestrian activity across the country.

The company announced that visits to office buildings in the city’s commercial districts were up 1.3% last month compared to July 2019, marking a milestone in the city’s slow and steady resurgence since the pandemic and placing New York at the forefront of major cities across the country.

“Call it a comeback,” the firm said in a statement announcing the findings, echoing the words of native son and rapper LL Cool J.

Some business leaders said they were celebrating the city’s newfound energy even as they cited rising uncertainty about the impact of the Trump administration's ta

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