Mr. Daniel L. Doctoroff
Deputy Mayor for Economic Development
City Hall
New York NY 10007
Dear Deputy Mayor Doctoroff:
We have recently learned that the City is in the process of revising the zoning that helps to retain apparel-related companies in the midtown Garment Center.
You already know that New York is home to the biggest and best fashion industry in the world. As representatives of some of the companies that make up that industry, we are writing to share our particular perspective on the future of the Garment Center.
The District's sample rooms, cut and sew contractors, pattern making services, fabric and trim suppliers are crucial to our initial design development, quick to market reorders, high end production implementation and our response time in dealing with emergencies that sometimes arise from overseas sampling and production.
In particular, it would be impossible to organize collections for Fashion Week, an event which brings in $500 million to New York annually, without the presence of these support businesses. Even companies that produce overseas do most of their sample development right here in the Garment District.
There are many fashion companies like ours that rely on a functioning Garment District. We therefore respectfully ask that the revised zoning will provide the space for a sufficient production and supplier core. Losing much more of the space that these support businesses currently occupy, which is a small fraction of the District's overall space, would harm the fashion industry in ways that no one can foresee.
Thank you for your consideration.
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Ms. Christine C. Quinn Speaker, New York City Council District Office 224 West 30th St (Suite 1206) New York, NY 10001 |
Mr. Scott M. Stringer Manhattan Borough President 1 Centre Street, 19th Floor New York, NY 10007 |
Ms. Amanda Burden Chair, New York City Planning Commission 22 Reade St. New York, NY 10007 |
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Mr. J. Lee Compton Chair Community Board 4 330 W. 42nd St., Suite 2618 New York, NY 10036 |
Mr. David Siesko Chair Community Board 5 450 7th Avenue, Rm. 2109 New York, NY 10123 |
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Download this petition (click here) asking the City to preserve more space for apparel companies in the rezoning proposal. 
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