Peck on World Cup preparations and NYC Ferry wrapping
Peck describes EDC's World Cup role including fan fests, watch parties at public markets, Dress the City campaign, and five borough-wrapped NYC ferries showcasing the city's energy and diversity.
World Cup.
Finally, in just 13 days, our city will welcome the world for the 2016 FIFA World Cup.
As I am sure you have all seen, the mayor has been making a number of announcements to activate our city during the 39-day tournament, ensuring working people, New Yorkers, and tourists alike enjoy all that the five boroughs have to offer.
And EDC continues to play a big role from free fan fests, watch parties, and fan zones at our public markets on our biggest campuses, including the already announced Staten Island University
Hospital Community Park and more locations to be announced very soon, to the Dress the City campaign that will show off host cities'soccer jerseys, inspiring New Yorkers to get into the game.
EDC is working tirelessly to ensure the World Cup
up Kix goals for working people this summer.
I know some of you are ferry riders and I hope you all get the chance to see five wrapped NYC ferries, which we unveiled last week, each with a borough specific wrapping showcasing the energy, diversity, and pride of our city.
They will be on our harbor this summer as part of the World Cup festivities.
The World Cup is a tremendous opportunity for us to promote New York City as a place to live, visit, and conduct business.
As I said in March, this is a rare moment to show a global audience of tourists, companies, investors, and delegations that there's no better place to do business than New York City.
As I mentioned, these are just a couple of EDC's most notable highlights.
Across all of our work, we are proud of our partnership with the City Council to improve the lives of our neighbors, increase affordability, expand opportunity, and ensure New York City remains a global hub of business, culture, and innovation.
I want to thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today, and we welcome any questions you have.
Thank you.
Really quickly want to recognize we've been joined by Council Members Riley, Council Member Murano on Zoom, Council Member Farias, and Council Member Epstein.
And Speaker Minin, go ahead with your question.