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18 MARCH 08, 2024

MAYOR ADAMS UNVEILS AMBITIOUS PLAN TO MAKE

NEW YORK CITY LEADER IN ‘GREEN-COLLAR’ JOBS

Plan Will Advance $100 Million Climate Innovation Hub at Brooklyn Army

Terminal, Create More Than 12,000 Green Economy Apprenticeships by 2040

OUR BUREAU
NEW YORK, NY

ew York City Mayor Eric Adams, New
York City Economic Development Cor-
Nporation (NYCEDC) President and CEO
Andrew Kimball, and Mayor’s Office of Talent and
Workforce Development (NYCTalent) Executive
Director Abby Jo Sigal today announced the re-
lease of the Green Economy Action Plan — a first-
of-its-kind plan that lays out a roadmap to growing
the city’s green economy. The plan invests in jobs
and sectors that will help the city combat climate
change, and train and position New Yorkers —
particularly those from environmentally-disadvan-
taged communities — to benefit from the nearly
400,000 projected ‘green-collar’ jobs in New York
City by 2040.
Critical to this plan is the creation of a new
“Climate Innovation Hub” at the Brooklyn Army
Terminal, which will help grow green technology
startups and businesses, and which will be joined
together with the Trust for Governors Island and
the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corpora- my and job growth through 2040. New York City’s ute to and benefit from our city’s growth and pros-
tion to create a green economy ecosystem across green economy will host nearly 400,000 jobs by perity.”
three campuses that will support 5,000 new per- 2040 — up from 133,000 today — as it becomes “The Green Economy Network and
manent jobs, educate and train 2,100 New York- the anchor of a prosperous, equitable, and just JobsFirstNYCapplaud New York City Mayor Eric
ers, and generate $55 billion of economic impact. future for New Yorkers, while it simultaneously Adams, NYCEDC, and NYCTalent for unveiling
The Green Economy Action Plan delivers on an- advances the city’s ambitious goals to reduce the the Green Economy Action Plan, a visionary road-
other promise in Mayor Adams’ State of the City city’s threats due to climate change. The plan iden- map for the city’s sustainable future. Most nota-
address, and builds on his commitment to invest tifies key occupations that are essential to growing bly, the mayor’s plan centers equity, employment,
in future-focused industries and create a “Harbor the green economy and highlights 21 occupations and economic growth, and we are committed to
of the Future” with job and innovation hubs along that provide pathways to economic mobility, many collaborating with the administration and citywide
the East River. of which do not require higher education degrees. partners to ensure the success of this plan,” said
“Our city didn’t recover the nearly 1 million “Treating the climate change crisis with the Keri Faulhaber, vice president, JobsFirstNYC.
jobs we lost during the pandemic and reach a new urgency it requires doesn’t just support our in- “Together, we can pave the way for a resilient and
private-sector job high by looking backward — we frastructure but our economy too, with good, inclusive green economy, creating opportunities
did it by building an economy of the future. And ‘green-collar’ jobs for New Yorkers with diverse for New Yorkers, especially those in environmen-
we must draw on all our resources to protect our educations and histories,” said Deputy Mayor tally-disadvantaged communities, to thrive in the
city from the effects of climate change,” said May- for Operations Meera Joshi. “As unusual weather nearly 400,000 green collar jobs projected by 2040.”
or Adams. “From building resiliency projects and events become all too usual, we all have a role to “The Green Economy Action Plan is a ground-
retrofitting apartment buildings, to installing solar play in protecting our city. Our city is creating the breaking initiative that will propel New York City
panels, EV charging stations, and wind turbines, framework so that everyone can get involved.” to the forefront of the global green economy and
‘green-collar’ jobs are already in demand and lead- “By co-authoring the Green Economy Action ensure a more sustainable future for all New York-
ing the way. Our Green Economy Action Plan will Plan, we wrote the roadmap for an historic oppor- ers,” said Carlo A. Scissura, Esq., president and
harness the growth of a new kind of industrial rev- tunity to tackle the climate crisis, create jobs, and CEO, New York Building Congress. “By commit-
olution and give New Yorkers the tools they need drive economic mobility, while positioning New ting to the creation of nearly 400,000 green collar
to build a resilient and prosperous city and thrive York City as a global leader in the green economy,” jobs by 2040 and a $100 million Climate Innova-
in our future-focused economy.” said NYCTalent Executive Director Sigal. “The tion Hub, we are not just investing in the environ-
The Green Economy Action Plan delivers the plan represents the city’s commitment to concrete ment, we are investing in our people and our col-
first forecasting of New York City’s green econo- strategies to ensure that all New Yorkers contrib- lective future.”

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