They’re the Last Rich People Left on the Upper East Side
- Only a handful remain as wealthy flee NYC for second homes
- ‘You can literally waltz’ down First Avenue, a shopkeeper says
Gary Vura has been wiping down counters and cooking for himself in his Carnegie Hill apartment since his wife and daughters decamped for his sister-in-law’s house in Concord, Massachusetts.
“I haven’t quite figured out how to use the vacuum cleaner yet, but that should happen,” said Vura, a managing director at Guggenheim Securities. “I’m probably doing more of that than I used to. It feels fine.”