# Professor Joseph Foudy comments in a story that examines the challenges cleaning service businesses are facing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic

1 Faculty News May 13, 2020 ![PIX 11 News logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/pix11news.jpg?itok=muG8wdmP)>

Excerpt from [Pix11](https://www.pix11.com/news/coronavirus/cleaning-service-businesses-in-flux-amidst-covid-19) -- "However, smaller companies that just do home cleaning in a given neighborhood do not have the option to simply move around their workforces. NYU Stern School of Business Economist [Joseph Foudy](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/joseph-foudy) is not so sure the commercial business will make up for loss of home cleaning revenue, especially with all the offices and schools closed during the lockdown."

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