New York City lost 7,500 jobs in December, state labor data released Thursday shows, primarily because of the shutdown of indoor dining. It marked the first decline in jobs since a low in April.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide is continuing to buy up its building at 33 W. 37th St., even in the face of a bleak environment for the city’s hospitality industry.

A California-based private equity firm has purchased the LaGuardia Airport Marriott for between $100 million and $200 million, the firm said on Friday.

People booking vacation rentals in New York on sites like Airbnb Inc. could soon start paying sales taxes that home-sharing companies would collect under a proposal included in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $193 billion budget.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been hell on New York’s tourism-heavy hotel industry.

Residents of one of the most controversial converted hotel shelters on Manhattan’s Upper West Side are organizing a forum to quiz the city’s leading mayoral candidates over the vexing homelessness crisis next week.

New York City has always been resilient and has always bounced back from adversity, but the COVID-19 pandemic has been a particularly nasty opponent.

New York City hoteliers are calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to give them a hand and suspend all interest payments on real estate tax debt until the pandemic comes to an end and tourists once again flock to the five boroughs.