Man, I hope so. But you have to tackle crime (or the perception of crime) first if you want the tourists back.
And each time I take a trek around Midtown, I continue to see more & more business shuttered and closed with some hotels still not fully re-opened or shuttered completely.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/5/20/22...ns-restaurants
The city gained 35,000 positions last month with restaurants and the arts showing signs of resurgence. Hopes raised by the easing of most restrictions this week are tempered by an 11% unemployment rate.
New York gained 35,000 jobs in April, not far below the 40,000 positions added in March, the state Labor Department reported Thursday. Restaurants added staff for the third consecutive month and even the moribund arts sector showed signs of springing to life more than a year after COVID-19 all but paralyzed the city.
By contrast, the national economy gained only a quarter of the increase that was expected.
“As opposed to the lackluster national job growth in April, New York City had a third consecutive month of a relatively strong rebound,” said James Parrott, an economist at the New School.
The numbers will be welcomed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, who last month projected the city would regain half a million jobs this year, which could end his second and final term on a note of triumph.
“With over 4 million New Yorkers vaccinated, waves of businesses reopening, the return of tourism, and a strong financial plan, New York City is coming back strong,” said Laura Feyer, a de Blasio spokesperson.
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