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Hosted by Steve Kastenbaum · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 16 episodes
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Is New York City in a death spiral, or will it mount an epic comeback from the impacts of the pandemic? New York Gritty explores the resiliency of New Yorkers in a time of crisis. Will they find a way to bring their city back from the brink of economic disaster, or has New York been irreversibly changed? The spread of coronavirus transformed the Big Apple in previously unimaginable ways, from shutting down the subway system overnight for the first time to dimming the lights on Broadway indefinitely. Over 1 million jobs were lost across New York during the shutdown. The city faces a projected $13 billion budget shortfall over the next four years. Each of the ten episodes of New York Gritty highlights a different area of the city’s economy and social fabric as host Steve Kastenbaum celebrates the anonymous and famous heroes who keep New York’s magic alive during dark times. The veteran radio journalist explores the looming challenges through the personal stories of his fellow New Yorkers
Steve Kastenbaum hosts New York Gritty, a society show with 16 episodes published.
Broadway is at the core of New York's identity. The theater district is a must see for most of New York's 65 million annual visitors. Yearly ticket sales surpassed $1.8 billion in 2019. Over 12,000 people are directly em
New York's iconic yellow taxis never stopped roaming the streets looking for fares during the coronavirus pandemic. Taxi drivers were deemed essential workers, but when the city shut down, their customers disappeared. Al
New York is the city that never sleeps thanks in part to more than 25,000 restaurants and bars. No industry and its supporting economic ecosystem has been devastated more in NYC than the hospitality sector. As many as 50
New York Gritty is back! Host Steve Kastenbaum returns after stepping away from the podcast to pursue a Master's degree at CUNY's Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. The experience renewed his passion for storyt
New York Is a dense metropolis where people with too much and people who don't have enough live side by side. New Yorkers became hyper-aware of that disparity when the Coronavirus pandemic brought the city's economy to a
Throughout the New York Gritty podcast we heard from people in a variety of areas who share the unshakeable belief that New York will mount an epic recovery from the pandemic crisis, that it is just a matter of time. The
The coronavirus shutdown paused New York City's soundtrack. One year later there still was no clear answer as to when tens of thousands of musicians could hit play again. Over 58,000 jobs are dependent on live venues in
As the shutdown of New York's theater district reached the one year mark, the Broadway community could see a light at the end of the tunnel. But it seemed very far off and the road to that light was anything but straight
Almost 67 million people visited New York in 2019. Tourists spent over $40 billion while in the city that year. The tourism industry supported more than 403,000 jobs in New York before the pandemic. While domestic touris
The longest shutdown in the history of Broadway has an end in sight. If all goes according to plan, many theaters will reopen in September. When the theater district went dark it starved New York of a $1.75 billion indus
Real Estate is king in New York. The city has been growing non-stop ever since the Dutch arrived in 1609. In 2019, real estate generated $31.9 billion in tax revenue for the city. That’s 53% of New York’s total tax reven
It's not clear how many people worked in the sex trade in New York prior to the coronavirus pandemic. It's a broad term that covers a wide variety of work. Much if it is legal and doesn't include sexual intercourse. But
The more than 344,000 people who work in retail stores across New York City earned over $16 billion in wages in 2019. When the pandemic shut down was enacted, foot traffic in New York's commercial corridors fell by 90%.
When New York's economy was shut down overnight because of the coronavirus pandemic, the city went from a record level of employment to one out of every five people being out of work. At the start of the new year, the un
There are 62 hospitals across New York City, ranging from mammoth healthcare networks to the 11 public hospitals run by the city to long standing independent neighborhood institutions. Regardless of their size and resour
Is New York City in a death spiral, or will it mount an epic comeback from the impacts of the pandemic? New York Gritty explores the resiliency of New Yorkers in a time of crisis. Will they find a way to bring their city
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New York Gritty is hosted by Steve Kastenbaum. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 16 episodes.
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