Im a little aggressive, as it’s possible for you to tell.
Funding for the program nearly doubled last year to a total value of $700 million through 2034.
The talent wants to be in New York, by the way.
Queen Latifah and Tory Kittles on The Equalizer' set in Long Island City, QueensJose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
All the talent wants to be here.
They started here, they have friends here, they have family here.
But they will go where the show goes.
So we have to continue to make it worth their while to do this.
If Disney has 6,000 jobs, I want to know how we can get to 7,000.
Hochul said she has also carried her message to the West Coast.
Ive gone out to Hollywood, she said.
Ive sat in rooms with all the major producers.
As with her insistence with Iger, she said, I have to always be persuading them.
Creative people gravitate here, Hochul said of New York.
When you think about what sets us apart, its really creative talent.
When people see productions made on their streets, it makes them feel its a cool place to live.
And Im always trying to up the cool factor.
Hochul also said she has recently met with Broadway stakeholders to hear their concerns.
They said London is cheaper to do productions, she said.
So, weve got to look at that.
Were not losing to London.
What do they worry about?
They worry about crime on the subways?
Tell me their anxieties, the governor said she urged Broadway constituents.
This year is trending to be the safest in the past three decades except for 2009, she added.
