Despite COVID-19, television and film production in New York City is roaring back, says a new report by the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment.
According to the report, the sector is returning to pre-pandemic 2019 levels, when it was responsible for some $82 billion in total economic output.
“The report makes clear what we’ve long known – that the film and television industry is a significant economic driver providing high quality, well-paying jobs and generating significant revenue for the local businesses that support it,” said Kris Bagwell, executive vice president and managing director of Silvercup Studios in Long Island City, Queens.
Besides it’s total economic output, the film and TV industry also provided some 185,000 jobs and $18 billion wages for New Yorkers in 2019, when a record high of eighty series were shooting in the City.
