Maloney asks about permanent EDC president status and timeline
Maloney asks whether a permanent EDC president has been appointed and about the timeline. Jung says there is no permanent president, but interim president Jeannie Pak has kept EDC laser-focused on delivery, citing Batworks temporary space opening, solar awards, and a microgrid RFI. He does not know the timeline or interview status for a permanent appointment.
My last set of questions is for EDC.
We are now nearing July.
Do you have a permanent president of the New York City Economic Development Corporation?
We currently don't have a permanent president, as you know, but I will say, and as you are intimately familiar with, the talent at EDC are some of the brightest minds really driven to make public impact.
Our interim president, Jeannie Pak, has harnessed that commitment to ensure that we are, as an organization, laser focused on delivery, including delivering on initiatives within the Green Economy Action Plan.
For example, we just opened the Batworks temporary space at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in May, which has hosted more than 20 events so far.
We've also awarded about 2.6 megawatts of rooftop and carport solar to developers at sites that we manage in the Bronx and in Brooklyn.
We also issued a microgrid RFI to solicit from industry what a viable microgrid might look like at the Brooklyn Army Terminal to advance climate innovation, technology, piloting, and testing.
And I will note that interim president Jeannie Pak has been
Closely collaborating with Deputy Mayor Julie Hsu on broader administrative priorities, which includes issuing the modular bathrooms,
making sure that we as EDC are leading the charge on public groceries, and we're moving full steam ahead and the work has not slowed.
Do you have a sense of the timeline of when a new president will be put in place?
I unfortunately do not.
Do you have a sense of how many people have been interviewed or where they are in that process?
I unfortunately am not privy to that information.