During its 20-year run, that impact amounted to as much as $1 billion or more, she said. Producer Dick Wolf proved "New York City is an affordable place to shoot," she said. The show also patronized the city's hotels, restaurants, prop houses and department stores. "We spent an enormous amount of money in Saks Fifth Avenue and Barneys, dressing the lawyers," said Leslie Yarmo, a former costume designer for a spinoff, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."
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