Bars and restaurants lost 11,400 jobs in the month of December, a 5.8% drop in hospitality employment over a single month.
“New York employed 140,700 fewer bar and restaurant workers in December than it did at the same time in 2019, meaning the industry’s workforce shrunk by 43 percent over a year’s time. Full-service restaurants have contracted even more drastically, dropping by over 55 percent.”
Sarah Whitman-Salkin, New York, NY, 01/22/2021