Pushing the Made in America Manufacturing Act in Sunset
Fashion grows in Brooklyn.
While touring Manufacture New York, 850 Third Avenue, a woman-owned fashion design and production company for independent designers, on Tuesday, August 9, United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand discussed the Made In America Manufacturing Communities Act, a bill that would create a permanent program that would put local areas at the front of the line to receive federal economic funding for investing in manufacturing.
“We all know that Brooklyn has the diversity and talent to earn this honor as you can see from this factory and others like it, and I’m going to fight hard in Washington to make sure it gets that designation,” she said. “What this program does is knock millions of dollars in federal funds for manufacturing initiatives into this region. It’s a great program but right now, it’s not permanent. When President Obama leaves office, the program ends. We can’t let that happen.”