Jung on workforce training investments: CUNY, Bronx Green Job Center, Solar One
Jung highlights EDC's $7 million investment in CUNY green workforce training, $3 million Greenlight Innovation Fund award with Councilmember Feliz for the Bronx Green Job Center at Fordham, and the Solar One environmental education center ribbon-cutting at Stuyvesant Cove Park.
Today, I'll use my time to share a handful of updates on this work.
New Yorkers have always used innovation and ingenuity to respond to whatever challenges come our way, and we have flourished because we have invested in our people.
A just and equitable transition to the green economy means creating accessible career pathways for working people.
At EDC, we are supercharging our efforts to educate, train, and position New Yorkers of all backgrounds to benefit from the green economy.
Earlier this year, we announced a $7 million investment into CUNY's green workforce training infrastructure.
This $7 million investment will ensure our students graduate into a job market with the skills to change the world for the better.
Get a good paying job, and cement New York City as a leader in climate action.
In July 2025, we awarded $3 million from our Greenlight Innovation Fund, alongside a $1.1 million grant from Councilmember Oswald Feliz, to Fordham University to create the Bronx Green Job Center,
a first-of-its-kind workforce and entrepreneurship hub that will build an equitable green jobs pipeline in the heart of the Bronx.
And last September, EDC joined Solar One to cut the ribbon on new state-of-the-art environmental education center in Stuyvesant Cove Park.
A decade in the making, this education center will be a model for future urban coastal resiliency, while also creating an immersive, hands-on environmental learning experience for New Yorkers of all ages.