Before leaving office, Mayor de Blasio is determined to prove he’s an “honest politician” — that is, one who stays bought. And nothing makes the case like his push to protect the hotel-workers’ union, despite the devastating blow it would deal the city’s economy.

As the New York City hospitality industry continues to reel from the effects the coronavirus pandemic has had on tourism and business travel, plans are moving forward for a massive new hotel in Nomad. Fresh renderings of the 510-foot Virgin Hotel at 1225 Broadway, the first in the city, were recently released, showing off the hotel’s resort-like rooftop pool and bar.

Another New York City hotel owner is checking out.

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.