It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC.

Good morning again, everyone.

Coming up later this hour, we're going to have a guest, but also with that guest,

we're going to invite your eulogies for

Rob Reiner. What will you remember most about his work in the arts, or maybe some of you even

knew him? So your eulogies, your remembrances of Rob Reiner coming up. But you know what makes

New York City the most famous city in the world?

You know what makes it that tens of millions of tourists visit us each year?

You know what makes it that people from around the world choose this city as their home or dream of living here someday?

Yeah, I know it's lots of things. But near the top of the list are the music,

the art, the fashion, the films that are born here and consumed throughout the world, wouldn't you

say? But the artists who define our city are struggling. New York City's creative sector has

declined by one measure we have by six percent

since 2019. That's in the number of jobs. And nearly 50 cultural venues have closed since the

beginning of the pandemic, closed and not reopened. Another startling stat, creative workers,

earned 23 percent less than the national average after adjusting for the

city's high cost of living. Maybe that one isn't so surprising. You've heard the term starving

artists for many years and even generations. These figures come from Creative New York, a new report

released by Center for an Urban Future. It identifies

the crisis. They call it a crisis within the arts and culture section sector here in New York,

but they also offer a roadmap for the next mayor to revive the city's what they call

creative core fueling our economy and identity.

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