ALBANY, N.Y. (WHCU) — Governor Kathy Hochul has issued a statement on the tentative end to the actors’ strike. 

Hochul says over 65 thousand jobs were created last year in New York from the film and TV industry, which has pumped $35 billion into the state’s economy in the past decade.

Hochul hopes productions will resume soon, and that both parties reach an agreement that gets the cameras rolling again in the Empire State. 

Governor Hochul’s full statement

“I am pleased to see that SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement to end the actors’ strike. New York’s film and television industry is critical to our state’s economy, creating 65,000 jobs in the past year and $35 billion in economic activity over the past decade. Now that the WGA-AMPTP deal has been ratified and a tentative agreement has been reached between SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP, it’s my hope that productions can resume and this critical economic activity can continue. This industry is a powerful economic engine and a key source of good-paying union jobs, and I hope both parties can move quickly toward a final agreement that gets New York’s film and television industry back on track.”