As New York prepares for TV and film production to gradually resume next month, the city’s entertainment chief is keeping her focus on efforts to help the Broadway and live events sector, which sti…
, commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, says TV and film are poised to ramp back up on soundstages in the fall. MOME is involved with efforts at the state and federal level to advocate for specific assistance for these hard-hit communities.
But after losing so much tax revenue from production activity, there’s no way that NYC has any funds to hand out. Any bailout for Broadway “would require much more significant support from our federal government that we are actively advocating for.” “Everybody was waiting for the guidance,” she said. “Now we’re really talking to TV series and film about how and when and where they want to come back. We’ll see some activity start soon, but the bulk of it will really come back in September.”
At the time the COVID-19 crisis hit, there were 35 active non-news TV series filming in the city. It will be a slow build to get back up to that level. “I don’t think we’re going to see all 35 of them roll up at once — that would be quite a challenge,” del Castillo said.
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