It’s not in your head — the palpable energy in New York City over the last few weeks has also been felt by local businesses. “Historically we see a drop in business over the summer / summer weekends in comparison to the rest of the year because the downtown crowd tends to leave the city, but this year it has been the opposite. Weekends have been packed from open to close. Partially this is because tourism is back in a big way, but it’s also tons of NYC locals.