Won asks about Solar One training numbers, 12K target gap, and CUF figure
Won asks how many people have been trained at Solar One (Jung doesn't have the number but says CUNY campuses will train 6,000 annually once open). Won notes only one facility is open, the 12,000 apprenticeship target is far from being met, and the Center for Urban Future found only 2,184 net new green jobs in 2023. She asks if EDC accepts this figure.
How many people have been trained at Solar One?
I don't have that discrete number, but I'm happy to get back to you at a later point in time.
For the community campuses, once all
of those are opened, they're expected to train 6,000 students annually.
Okay, because the plan was setting a target of more than 12,000 New Yorkers for green occupations through the apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs, but it seems that only one is currently open and the number of people trained is unknown.
And the Center for Urban Future, as you heard from the chair, only added roughly 2,184 net new green jobs in 2023.
Do you accept this figure?
And if not, what is your current count, which is what we asked you earlier, but you did not have an answer for us for?
We haven't seen that figure.
It doesn't seem to align with the methodology that we've deployed.
So we're happy to come back to you once we consult with our data team that has not been able to produce a number at this point in time.
After two years, you don't have any figure of how many people you've trained for net new green jobs?