{"id":240347,"date":"2021-05-02T02:37:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T23:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/de-blasio-cuomo-need-to-move-aggressively-to-bring-tourists-back\/"},"modified":"2021-05-02T02:37:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T23:37:38","slug":"de-blasio-cuomo-need-to-move-aggressively-to-bring-tourists-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/de-blasio-cuomo-need-to-move-aggressively-to-bring-tourists-back\/","title":{"rendered":"#De Blasio, Cuomo need to move aggressively to bring tourists back"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#De Blasio, Cuomo need to move aggressively to bring tourists back<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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In a grim report Wednesday, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli cited jaw-dropping numbers to document the devastation wrought by the COVID-driven collapse in New York City tourism.<\/p>\n

From 2019 to 2020, he notes<\/a>, Gotham lost nearly three-quarters<\/em> of its tourist biz, costing it $1.2 billion in tax revenues. Hotels, restaurants, entertainment and recreational venues got blitzed, with many now closed for good. A third of the industry\u2019s jobs vanished, practically overnight, and many others remain on life support.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pandemic\u2019s damage\u201d to tourism has been \u201cstaggering,\u201d DiNapoli says. \u201cIt may take years\u201d before it returns to \u201cpre-pandemic levels.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scary thought: The industry is vital to the city. Visitors in 2019 accounted for 19 percent of sales in the retail business, 28 percent in lodging and 22 percent in the food and beverage sector. Altogether, tourism provided 7.2 percent of private-sector jobs and 8.3 percent of city tax collections.<\/p>\n

Which is why it\u2019s absolutely crucial for Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to move mountains to revive the business fast.<\/em> <\/p>\n

That starts with making the city safe. Shootings doubled last year and are up another 64 percent this year. Bullets are flying left and right, and last month tourist Chris Ruby, 44, got caught in mid-Manhattan crossfire. The $30 million ad campaign de Blasio announced last month, though useful, won\u2019t keep news<\/a> like that from would-be visitors.<\/p>\n

Also urgent: Ditch all COVID requirements the second<\/em> it makes sense. Yes, de Blasio wants a full-scale reopening by July 1, but Cuomo may stand in the way, though some things \u2014 higher capacity limits in restaurants and elsewhere, for example \u2014 should be coming now, not later.<\/p>\n

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Broadway in Times Square is quiet during Phase 3 of the coronavirus pandemic. <\/figcaption>
Helayne Seidman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

De Blasio should also scrap his plan to block new hotels, even if it means breaking his promise to unions that gave heavily to his failed presidential campaign. Likewise, go easy on the fines and regulations for struggling restaurants and other small businesses. (Maybe even offer tax breaks.)<\/p>\n

Reclaiming public places from the mentally ill and substance-addled vagrants who\u2019ve taken them over is also vital, however much de Blasio resists.<\/p>\n

One way or another, New York needs tourists back quickly. <\/em>It can\u2019t come fully back to life without them.\n <\/div>\n

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