What you should know

  • New York City has announced that the Climate Research Center will be built on popular Governors Island New York Climate Fellowship which will generate thousands of permanent jobs and $1 billion in economic benefits for the city.
  • The campus will create 7,000 permanent jobs and a billion dollar economic impact, while expanding and improving public access to Governors Island.
  • Once fully operational, which is expected to open in 2025 and operational in 2028, the campus is expected to serve 600 post-secondary students, 4,500 K-12 students, 6,000 interns, and 250 faculty and researchers each year, while by supporting up to 30 companies per year through its incubator program.

NEW YORK – New York City has announced that a climate research facility will be built on popular Governors Island, creating thousands of permanent jobs and a billion-dollar economic impact for the city.

The announcement was made Monday by Mayor Eric Adams, the president of Trust for Governors, Clare Newman, and the President of the University stony streamMaurie Mclnnis, the center bears the name New York Climate Fellowship oh New York Climate Fellowship. It is a vision of the first national center for climate research, education and employment.

The campus will create 7,000 permanent jobs and a billion dollar economic impact, while expanding and improving public access to Governors Island. El centro producirá más de 2,200 empleos 100 per ciento sindicalizados, incluso para construction servicios, con el compromiseo de contratar a todos los trabajadores de servicios de construction con el salario prevaleciente y una meta de 35 por ciento de empresas commerciales propiedad de minorías y mujeres in the construction.

The center will be a $700 million, 400,000 square foot state-of-the-art campus dedicated to the research and development of innovative climate solutions that will span New York and around the world and equip New Yorkers for green jobs. coming.

“Today, here in the heart of New York Harbor, we are taking a giant leap towards a cleaner, greener and more prosperous future for all New Yorkers with the ‘INew York Climate Fellowship“,” Mayor Adams said. “This project, the first of its kind, will make New York a world leader in developing solutions to climate change, while creating thousands of well-paying green jobs for New Yorkers and injecting billions of dollars into the economy of our city. Where some people see challenges, New Yorkers see opportunities, and this team and this project are leading the way.”

Once fully operational, which is expected to open in 2025 and operational in 2028, the campus is expected to serve 600 post-secondary students, 4,500 K-12 students, 6,000 interns, and 250 faculty and researchers each year, while by supporting up to 30 companies per year through its incubator program. The campus will be funded in part by major gifts of $100 million from the Simons Foundation and $50 million from Bloomberg Philanthropies.


Credit: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Aerial view of the Stock Exchange, showing the iconic shapes designed to evoke the dramatic landscapes and rolling hills of Governors Island. Credit: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

As it will be

The New York Climate Exchange will be led by Stony Brook University and will be the first cross-industry nonprofit dedicated to climate research, developing solutions, education, training the workforce work and public programs on Governors Island.

The consortium will operate as an education and training center to create green jobs for New Yorkers and includes 15 members representing leading universities around the world, as well as nonprofit and commercial organizations dedicated to development and implementing solutions to the global climate crisis. High resolution renderings of the Exchange campus are available for download online.

The exchange will provide an ambitious range of free and accessible educational and professional opportunities to prepare New Yorkers and students of all levels for careers focused on developing solutions to climate change.

A new one-semester abroad climate solutions program will be launched for undergraduate students enrolled at institutions represented in the Exchange Consortium, including courses in climate science, policy and environmental justice; a graduate scholarship program that provides training and research to students; internship and scholarship programs; and continuing education.

The exchange is also committed to expanding a New York State Pathways in Technology (NYS P-Tech) program with Urban Assembly New York Harbor School, a public high school located on Governors Island, as well as with SUNY Maritime College to offer competency-based programs. , professional training in additional career paths and college-level courses related to climate solutions. Children will be offered increased learning opportunities through excursion programs and an intensive summer camp program.

Working with local partners, the Exchange will host a wide range of training and workforce development programs aimed at providing New Yorkers with accessible opportunities to gain skills in industry-related career fields. New York’s growing green jobs.

Additional research activities organized as part of the exchange will provide grant opportunities to community organizations, as well as free exhibits, activities, and hands-on learning opportunities for visitors to Governors Island to participate in and contribute to the current projects.

The exchange’s 400,000 square foot campus will include classrooms, labs, research labs, public exhibit space, student and faculty housing, academic hotel rooms, and an auditorium. The campus will include two newly constructed research buildings and classrooms on three acres in the East Island Development Zone, as well as the restoration of over 170,000 square feet of space in historic buildings, including Liggett Hall and the Fort Jay Theatre.

Additionally, the Exchange will provide 4.5 acres of new open space in its Phase 1 plan, adding to the island’s existing 120 acres of open space in the South Island Park and Historic District. Construction of the campus will expand and improve access to the island’s existing 43-acre park and its cultural and historical attractions.

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