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What’s Next for New York, a Times Virtual Event What’s Next for New York, a Times Virtual Event
(about 7 hours later)
Live captioning will be available here. Find a calendar of all our upcoming Times events here.
With a high population density, reliance on subway systems and plethora of public spaces, many experts predicted the decline of New York — and other cities like it — during the coronavirus pandemic. Yet with vaccination rates rising and the easing of many Covid-19 restrictions, even in spite of the emergence of new variants, the city’s outlook seems to point toward a lighter and more hopeful future. Considering New York’s high population density, reliance on a subway system and plethora of public spaces, many experts predicted the decline of the city — and others like it — during the coronavirus pandemic. Yet as vaccination rates rise and Covid-19 restrictions are lifted, in spite of new virus variants, the outlook is lighter and more hopeful for the future.
What does the path forward for New York City look like? How does its revival influence the comeback of other big cities across the country?What does the path forward for New York City look like? How does its revival influence the comeback of other big cities across the country?
Join us, along with Democratic mayoral nominee, Eric Adams; the playwright Jeremy O. Harris, creator of “Slave Play” and co-writer for the film “Zola”; and chef Marcus Samuelsson, owner of the Red Rooster restaurant in Harlem, along with dozens of others from London to Bermuda, as we re-imagine what the future of the city might be. They’ll speak with Times journalists Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Jazmine Hughes. In this subscriber-only virtual event from Aug. 19, Eric Adams, the Democratic mayoral nominee; Jeremy O. Harris, the playwright behind “Slave Play” and a writer of the film “Zola”; Marcus Samuelsson, the chef who owns Red Rooster restaurant in Harlem and founded the Marcus Samuelsson Group, which has dozens of restaurants around the world, shared their visions of the future of the city. They spoke with two Times journalists: Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Jazmine Hughes.
Politics reporter Astead Herndon, our host for the event, will also moderate a live conversation with The Times’s Ginia Bellafante, Big City columnist, and architecture critic Michael Kimmelman, who will be taking your questions. Astead W. Herndon, a Times politics reporter and host for the event, moderated a conversation with Times colleagues: Ginia Bellafante, the Big City columnist; and Michael Kimmelman, the architecture critic — they also answered questions from the audience.
It’s all part of our latest subscriber-only event. Looking forward to seeing you there. Harris and Samuelsson talked expansively about their start in New York City and the appeal of other cities. We couldn’t fit all of it in the event, but it was so good we wanted to share more of it here.
Hughes asked whether the city was still a welcoming place to begin a creative career without a lot of resources.
For many Black American artists, time spent in Europe — Paris, specifically — is part of their journey. Harris was traveling in Europe at the time of the interview; Samuelsson grew up in Sweden and worked in restaurants in France and Austria, among other places, before coming to New York. Were European cities an important space for them?
Before the event, we asked readers to share stories about moments during the pandemic that reshaped how they felt about the city. They varied from feelings of community during 7 p.m. cheers for health care workers to despair at the constant reminders of the city’s inequality.