That's four times the amount of jobs lost because of 9/11. More than 900,000 people lost their jobs in New York City since last March. "We're just trying to think a little bit extra, a little bit different," Fitzpatrick said. Those changes include touch-free temperature checks, slippers when you walk in the door and a plastic cover for the remote control. And once inside the hotel, visitors will experience permanent changes. He's optimistic he'll have enough demand to reopen his hotel this summer. "We can't open this hotel until we see that hotel at least at 50 percent, why would we, we're losing money even open," Fitzpatrick. The other has only about 10% occupancy, which is the occupancy rate across the entire city right now. He was forced to close one hotel temporarily last year. "There is a little light in the tunnel," said John Fitzpatrick, the owner of two hotels in New York City. More than 140 hotels shut down in New York City since last March. Many hotels have not been able to survive. "If we seize the moment among all the tragedy, among all the doom and gloom, we can rebuild ourselves back into a restaurant renaissance and a new roaring '20s," Rigie said. He says, with the right help from local, state and federal leaders, he has optimism for the future. "We've lost thousands of beloved restaurants and countless more are teetering on the edge of survival." "New York City's restaurant industry has been absolutely decimitated," said Andrew Rigie, the executive director of the NYC Hospitality Alliance. Many restaurant owners survived the pandemic by creating outdoor spaces that are now here to stay, giving the city a more European feel. "We're going to need a lot of promotion to be able to compete with the world," Heywood said.Ī draw for those visitors are the restaurant patios now lining the streets. "When the lights get turned on, they're going to want to get back," said Christopher Heywood of NYC & Company, the city department in charge of tourism. Many of them won't return, but others are coming back along with new people who are looking for new opportunities. Hundreds of thousands of families moved out of the city in the months after the lockdown started. "The new, New York City will just look a little bit different," said Barbara Denham, a senior commercial real estate economist with Moody's Analytics. NEW YORK (WABC) - New York City won't look the same after the pandemic is over. There will be changes in everything from restaurant dining, to entertainment, to residential and commercial real estate. Economists predict a younger, poorer and more eclectic crowd.
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