Make taxes higher, I say. I hope to one day have a New York City entirely funded by its full-time residents, so we can stop pretending to care about tourists.
A huge percentage of full-time residents work in the tourist industry (e.g., hotels, theaters, museums, etc.). And a lot of NYC business sectors would be much smaller without the tourist population, like restaurants and retail stores. Without the tourists, there would be a lot of unemployed New Yorkers.