While many New York City workers in the private sector have been allowed to work remotely since the early days of the pandemic, municipal workers are finally getting the same opportunity in the city’s first remote work pilot program, Mayor Eric Adams and the head of the Big Apple’s largest public union announced on Thursday. 

The flexible work pilot program which kicked off Thursday, will allow members of District Council 37 – which has representation in nearly every single city agency including social service, maintenance and social support roles – to do their jobs from home up to two days a week, according to the agreement.

City Hall said the administration is conducting an assessment of all city agencies to determine which employees will be eligible, but estimated the total number of employees impacted will be in the thousands. 

The pilot is slated to last until 2025 with the option to renew an extra year, officials said. 

The deal was struck as part of DC37’s newly negotiated contract revealed in February, which provided raises to around 90,000 city employees. 

“Look, I’m a seven-day-a-week guy and I believe it’s not for everyone. And I’m not so rigid that I’m not willing to sit down and figure out how do we reach the goals that we want,” Adams said at an unrelated Brooklyn-based press conference Wednesday.

“There’s some clear criteria that we put in place that we announced our flexibility and work schedule for DC 37 members. 

“It has to be a job that could be done remotely because as you know, not every job could be done remotely,” he explained. 

Hizzoner softened his earlier stance backing a full, five day a week in person return to work policy in the wake of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions. 

Separately, researchers have found that remote and hybrid work schedules are impacting the viability of New York City’s commercial office market.

Tenants either defaulting on loans or restructuring leases have also led to a greater percentage of vacant office space, The Post has reported.