The city unveiled its multi-pronged Green Economy Action Plan Wednesday, with the goal of preparing New Yorkers for the nearly 400,000 so-called green-collar jobs the city is projecting by the year 2040.
The plan includes the creation of workforce training centers in each borough and a $100 million Climate Innovation Hub at the Brooklyn Army Terminal.
The city projects the plan will support 5,000 new jobs and generate $55 billion worth of economic impact.
And it includes a partnership with the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the Trust for Governors Island.
Lindsay Greene, president and CEO of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, Andrew Kimball, the president and CEO of the New York City Economic Development Corporation and Clare Newman, the president and CEO of the Trust for Governors Island, joined NY1 political reporter Bobby Cuza on “Inside City Hall” Thursday to talk more about the details of the plan.
“It is the first time that a city or a country really has undertaken defining exactly what the green economy is,” Kimball said.