On Sept. 8, the eve of New York Fashion Week, Adams will host a cocktail party at Gracie Mansion to celebrate the upcoming shows.
’ runway show in February. Six weeks into his administration, Adams unveiled a partnership with the New York City Economic Development Corp. to create new jobs for New Yorkers, broaden Brooklyn’s fashion industry and strengthen the city’s economy. Shortly thereafter, in an interview with WWD earlier this year, Adams vowed, “We’re going to make sure that the fashion industry survives and give it the support [it needs].
In an Aug. 10 op-ed, the Partnership for New York City’s president and CEO Kathryn Wylde highlighted how Adams was elected to make the city safe and livable and is taking action to do so with increased police presence in the subways, getting “unprecedented numbers of guns” off the streets, expanding psychiatric beds and services and tightening policies around garbage storage and collection, among other things.
While Adams has been vocal in recent months about the city being open for business, tourism has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels. By the end of this year, 56.7 million visitors are expected to have visited, which is about 85 percent of the 66.6 million people who visited in 2019, according to NYC & Company.
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