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Report: Despite Venue Closures, The State Of NYC Nightlife Is **DJ AIRHORN**

Report: Despite Venue Closures, The State Of NYC Nightlife Is **DJ AIRHORN** About a year after appointing its first ever official "Night Mayor," the New York Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment has released a comprehensive economic impact study of local nightlife in the city. There is a lot of information packed into the report, but among other things, it reveals that city nightlife is a major economic driver, with more than 25,000 nightlife establishments supporting 299,000 jobs, $13.1 billion in employee compensation and $35.1 billion in total economic output. Your move, daylife. [ more › ]

from Gothamist http://bit.ly/2RSsjEA

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