Angela Nuri-San (Green Launchpad) on employer-driven workforce solutions

Good afternoon, thank you for the opportunity to testify.

My name is Angela Nuri-San, I'm founder and CEO of the Green Launchpad, and we co-lead NYC

Energy Efficiency Employer-Led Workforce Coalition, long name, with NYC ETC,

bringing together employers who represent over 2,400 clean energy professionals, and together we design practical employer-driven workforce solutions.

So as the city advances the Green Economy Action Plan, I encourage you to treat workforce not just as a pipeline issue, but actually as a business competitiveness issue.

The challenge isn't that employers don't want to hire.

It's really that we too frequently ask them to engage in workforce development as a social obligation, maybe a box to check, rather than offering it as a solution to a problem that they already have.

We have to remember that companies engage when it matters and when it makes their businesses stronger.

And it does.

Most of our green economy actually runs

on small and mid-sized contractors with no HR departments and no recruiters.

For them, a coordinated workforce provider isn't a charity.

It's an extension of the business that finds qualified candidates, prepares them for actual work, and supports retention after hire.

That actually saves them time, reduces turnover, and lets them focus on growing.

So as the plan should treat workforce providers as part of the city's business support infrastructure alongside financing and procurement.

Specifically, we asked the city to invest in sustained employer-provider partnerships, not just one-off programs, fund intermediaries that translate employer need into training,

incentivize employers to co-design curricula and work-based learning, and actually measure success by retention and advancement, not just enrollment.

So I think we can strengthen that coordination and workforce development stops being an ask.

It becomes a competitive advantage for businesses in New York City.

Thank you.