Deaths seem to be decreasing over the last month for the vaccinated (the lines are vaccinated boosted on the bottom, then vaccinated not boosted, then dark blue is total citywide, then the top line is unvaccinated).

And always worth keeping hard numbers in mind when seeing "most percentage increase since [XYZ]" - overall numbers remain a fraction of early 2022

Source: https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data-totals.page

Domestic tourism is at 90%+ of 2019 levels, which were an all-time record, and that includes the full year - recent months are over 100%.

International tourism is largely recovering other than China but does remain below 2019 levels, but China made up ~1 million tourists in 2019 compared to more than 66 million overall - there’s a real decline but it’s a fraction of overall tourism.

In aggregate, current projections are for ~56 million tourists this year, or about 85% of 2019 levels, and that’s increased significantly as the year goes on (September in the city looks VERY different from January 2022)

Sources:

NYT - International Tourists Flock Back to NYC, with One Big Exception

NYC Recovery Dashboard