Nearly half a million Americans across the country depend on a functioning cruise industry and are at risk of being excluded from participating in the economic recovery from the pandemic. Those impacted include longshoremen, ground transportation operators, travel agents, and hotel, restaurants, and retail workers, as well as the tens of thousands of businesses that service cruise ships. New York City is a major cruise port and employs many locals.
The cruise community is ready to work with the CDC to adopt a new approach to resumption in the U.S. that reflects current conditions and incorporates learnings from sailings that have occurred in other parts of the world.
I implore all to take a moment to contact their members of Congress today to make resumption of cruising in the U.S. by July an urgent priority.
Thank you!
Chris Caulfield
Croton-on-Hudson