Won asks about Talent's green funding portion and whether GEEP is mayor's priority
Won asks about Talent's portion of green economy funding. Perry says since 2024 they've driven $13 million to green economy work. Won asks how much is city funding and whether the green economy is a priority of the mayor. Perry says the administration is committed to environmental and economic justice under Deputy Mayor Julie Hsu. Won asks for the total FY27 funding amount and Perry says they need to work with OMB.
So what's the portion for the Talent side?
For the Green Economy Action Plan?
So since 2024, we've driven more than $13 million to work in the green economy, but most, and that's like both staff, OTPS costs, and private funding, some federal funding, some capital funding, some CTL.
So how much of the $13 million is city funding?
I don't have the exact number on that 13 million, but again, most of the work that talent does is actually supporting other agencies and their investments.
And so once the FY27 budget is finalized and announced, we work closely with all of our partners across the city to see how we can support those investments.
And when there are green economy investments, of course, we will- Is this a priority of the mayor, the green economy action plan?
Like I said in our testimony, this administration is deeply committed to environmental justice.
We're excited about the leadership of Deputy Mayor Julie Hsu and being the first ever deputy mayor for economic justice, and I think economic justice and environmental justice.
So if it's a priority, what is the total amount of funding that's going to be promised?
this year that's going to be voted on next week on Tuesday, the latest, for the Green Economy Action Plan?
So the city's investment across all sorts of things, and the green economy is quite large, so we would have to
work with OMB and our numerous agencies to get a detailed accounting of all of the investments that are tied to the green economy for FY27.
Is this a priority of the mayor?
Like I said, we are absolutely committed to the green economy and to making sure that we are growing it equitably and making sure that we are
supporting New Yorkers and connecting to the jobs, despite the loss of the federal funding that has come through.
Both EDC and I have testified today, there is still robust work happening to make sure that we have a good foundation to support all of the jobs that are still around.