Entertainment
New York Film and TV Industry Boom
New York City’s entertainment chief, Rafael Espinal, discusses the city's thriving film and TV industry, which has seen a significant increase in permits issued since the pandemic. The sector is expected to continue growing.
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Variety
When Rafael Espinal took office in February as New York City’s entertainment chief, he looked around and saw a city that was thriving but had yet to recover from a yearslong slump in film and TV production. “The number of permits we were seeing was 50% compared to pre-pandemic,” says Espinal, sittin
2026-09-30 18:00 UTC