Jeff Turner
The square-footage devoted to garment work in the district has fallen. Some blame lax city enforcement, but others say the cause of the decline is economic.
The Manhattan borough president and others have asked the mayor to slow down shifting the manufacturing hub to Sunset Park, a move cheered by property owners but resisted by many garment-industry figures.
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