Real Estate: Times Square Redevelopment Project, 1984

Testimony on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the 42nd Street Development Project, by Jay Mazur, general secretary-treasurer, ILGWU, expressing concern with impact of Times Square redevelopment on adjacent garment district, leading to commercial conversions of production facilities and higher rents, March 26, 1984; testimony by Mazur at UDC hearing on redevelopment project, asking for balanced economic planning, mitigation measures, September 6, 1984; comments of the ILGWU to the UDC, May 1984; press release, "Union Calls for Measures to Counteract Effect of 42nd Street Redevelopment on Garment Center," Sept. 6, 1984; Statement by Mayor Edward I. Koch, Comptroller Harrison J. Golden, and City Council President Carol Bellamy, pledging to work with ILGWU to preserve and create apparel jobs in the garment district and elsewhere in the city, Nov. 8, 1984; statement by Dr. Roger Waldinger, City College of New York, "The Impact of the 42nd Street Redevelopment Plan on the Garment Industry," presented to the Board of Estimate hearings, October 25, 1984, arguing that merchandise mart plans for apparel should be abandoned; draft of report by Tom Davidoff (?) with cover note asking for comment by ILG staff; newspaper clippings; oversized poster