NYC’s Recovery Depends on a Mayor Who Can Revive Jobs, Tourism
- Restaurants, businesses to open at full capacity in two weeks
- City’s unemployment rate persists at double national average
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New York City will be free from pandemic restrictions in two weeks. Now it must contend with an unemployment rate that’s nearly double the national average, a jobs shortfall of half a million people, and a tourism industry decimated by months-long shutdowns.
While Mayor Bill de Blasio has implemented a number of plans to revive the city, he is stepping down next year because of term limits. The task of leading the city out of a pandemic-ravaged labor market -- and bringing back lost jobs -- will largely fall to his successor, who will likely be decided at the June 22 Democratic primary.