NEW YORK (PIX11) – New apartments, including affordable housing, are coming to a busy area of the city.

It's a place where new housing cannot be built because of the zoning regulations.

The New York City council overwhelmingly approved the measure on Thursday. It had gone through a process with the planning commission, local elected leaders, and the community.

The garment and fashion industries, along with local businesses, spoke up to make sure manufacturing will also have a place to call home.

The message is “midtown made” with the announcement printed on some of their shirts at a press conference before the vote.

This is one of five big neighborhood rezonings.

Katie Sue Nicklos is at City Hall because her business, Wing & Weft Gloves, is in the garment district. It's the last glov

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