In February 2024, Mayor Eric Adams released his Green Economy Energy Action Plan, which outlines a number of city-led actions that will complement private-sector activity to triple the green economy’s economic output and more than double the number of ”green collar” jobs by 2040. NYCEDC’s investment of up to $100 million to create the aforementioned Climate Innovation Hub is part of this plan.
“The Climate Innovation Hub will further secure New York’s position at the center of the green economy revolution,” said Adams. “As we laid out in our State of the City address, we’re going to have 400,000 green economy jobs in New York by 2040, and we’re going to harness the tremendous economic potential of building a cleaner, greener city for our children.”
“There is no better location for the Climate Innovation Hub than at the historic Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park, which will serve as a home for clean tech innovation and manufacturing, encourage climate innovation startups, all while training and positioning New Yorkers of all backgrounds to benefit from the nearly 400,000 projected ‘green-collar’ jobs in the city by 2040,” said NYCEDC President & CEO Andrew Kimball.
“The Climate Innovation Hub at Brooklyn Army Terminal will be at the cutting edge of transforming New York into the green energy capital of America — all in Sunset Park here in New York,” said Congressman Dan Goldman.
“New York’s green future is being built right here in Sunset Park,” said State Sen. Andrew Gounardes. “I’m looking forward to working with NYCEDC, Mayor Eric Adams and Sunset Park community leaders to build an equitable green economy for all of us.”
“The Climate Innovation Hub at the Brooklyn Army Terminal will help establish Sunset Park as a critical part of NYC’s growing green economy,” said…
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