Tina Fey narrates a new video for today’s launch of #SaveNYCMusicians – a campaign by Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians to save the city’s music industry and its legion of musicians who are out of work because of the Covid-19 pandemic.“With no relief in sight,” she says, “musicians have lost jobs, income and health insurance, forcing many to leave New York City for good.
New York’s music ecosystem that once supported nearly 60,000 jobs, accounted for roughly $5 billion in wages, and generated a total yearly income output of $21 billion, has been shut down hard, and there is currently no timeline for bringing it back.”Said Local 802 president Adam Krauthamer: “We are at the risk of a Great Cultural Depression.
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