The city's untapped potential Tourism has been a growth industry in New York City for years, and is now a key sector in a local economy desperate for more middle-class jobs. The 52 million visitors and more than 90,000 available hotel rooms last year were all-time bests. Out-of-towners fill seemingly every square foot of Times Square and endure long waits for the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building. The new mayor ...
July 11, 2013 - Crain's New York Business