NY1 News: More Families Are Traveling for Spring Break, But Hotels Aren’t Seeing a Rebound
Family pictures of one of their last trips to see her sister in Florida seem a lifetime ago to Melissa Stahl and her daughter Emma.
Politico: New York Playbook Newsletter: Marijuana legalized — Cuomo got $4m book deal offer — State budget is late
Politico: New York Playbook Newsletter: Marijuana legalized — Cuomo
Gothamist: NYC Hotels Expect More Guests As State Lifts Quarantine For Domestic Travelers
New York City’s battered hotel industry hopes more visitors will return starting April 1st, when domestic travelers no longer have to quarantine after entering New York from another state or territory.
WCBS880: Hotel industry optimistic as NY lifts mandatory quarantine for domestic travelers
Domestic travelers coming into New York are no longer required to quarantine and that has the city’s hotel industry feeling optimistic.
The New York Times: For New York City, Glimmers of Hope and Signs of Revival
Yankee Stadium welcomed fans on Thursday, and some high-end hotels are opening their doors. But a widespread rebound from Covid-19 could take years.
Politico: Where we are now: New York City after a year in the grip of pandemic
By the end of March last year, New York City had been transformed from a teeming metropolis with a booming economy, to a city gripped by pandemic and in economic free fall.
New York Post: 425 Park Avenue tower inks first new lease in more than two years
In a breakthrough for closely watched 425 Park Ave., global private-equity firm Hellman & Friedman has signed a lease for two full floors — the first new office commitment there in more than two years.
Gotham Gazette: Support Grows for State Bill to Convert Distressed Commercial Properties into Affordable Housing
A proposal to convert financially strapped hotels and other commercial properties into permanently affordable housing has been included in the State Senate’s one-house budget proposal and is garnering support from a broad group of interested parties while new federal stimulus money is being eyed to fund the proposal.