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Garment Center Secret Agent

By admins | November 11, 2008

For those of us working in the garment center we are well aware of its struggle to retain its stronghold as the US fashion center.  One major issue is the fight for zoning restrictions and enforcement.  Many fashion businesses are being illegally pushed out by landlords and replaced with higher paying tenants.   It is up to the Garment Industry Development Corporation to insure zoning restrictions are enforced.  But who exactly finds these illegal tenants and brings them to justice?  Who is secretly scouring our neighborhood for the guilty?  Well the job falls to Tommy Wu of the GDIC.  He may be riding the elevator with you, or popping his head into your reception area, or crossing the block with you, you may not see him but have no fear Tommy Wu is there.  He is the garment center’s local secret agent, keeping our jobs safe and our industry in business.For more details and an example of a recent bust check out this great blog from a local fashion student, http://nychangingbyathread.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/enforcement-loose-at-the-seams/

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