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South Fork Wind is expected to be the first offshore site to supply electricity to New York.  

New York State’s Climate Act mandate is to secure 70 percent of the State’s electricity from renewable energy by 2030 and at least 9,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2035 and companies like Orsted are gearing up to support this effort.  Orsted, a Danish energy company, is developing the South Fork Wind project with utility Eversource off the coasts of New York and Rhode Island. 

Erik Antokal, Director of Workforce Development for Orsted talks about wind power in NY and what the benefits are to the State. He covers how the South Fork Wind project will impact homeowners in this area and the environmental precautions being implemented to keep the commercial fishing groups who catch seafood species such as scallops, clams and sea bass in this area safe.

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Social Media links:

Website – https://orsted.com/

Twitter – https://twitter.com/Orsted

LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/orsted

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Orsted/

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/orsted/

JPMorgan Chase is using its resources and expertise to address some of the city’s most pressing social and environmental challenges.

Jeanique Druses, Senior Program Officer Global Philanthropy, Northeast Head of Global Philanthropy at JPMorgan Chase, a global leader in corporate philanthropy talks about this. A Wharton Business School Graduate, with a dual degree in Marketing and Entrepreneurial Management, Jeanique also holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.  She is also a Coro Leadership New York alum.

Today, Jeanique talks to us about  JPMorgan Chase’s corporate responsibility work and $30 Billion Racial Equity Commitment to advance inclusive economic growth for communities of color.

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Noreen Doyle, President & Chief Executive Officer of the Hudson River Park (between Chambers Street and West 59th Street along Manhattan’s west side) is a free, urban recreational oasis full of award-winning skate parks, playgrounds, sports fields, gardens and nature exhibits, boating and maritime activities, art installations, and myriad year-round events that celebrate the diverse cultures and neighborhoods along its shores. The Park, which transformed four miles of decaying piers and parking lots into a premier New York City destination for local residents and visitors alike, plays a critical role in protecting the Hudson River ecosystem.

Noreen talks about the Park’s 25th Anniversary, the Park’s River Project and what fun events and programming is at the park this summer.

Look for The Trust’s latest big project this summer –  the Gansevoort Peninsula and the Pier 57 food hall!

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For more information, please visit www.hudsonriverpark.org.

In a pivotal step towards supporting historically disadvantaged communities, New York is offering its initial dispensary licenses solely to entrepreneurs and people affected by the war on drugs. Over 60 social equity retail licensees have been approved to date, with a total of 300 licensees to be approved ahead of the market opening, which is expected to launch fully in 2023.

As New York’s social equity licensees are gearing up for a successful new business in Cannabis this year, the State selected Dutchie, an all-in-one technology platform to help power the cannabis industry with Point of Sale, Ecommerce, Payments, and Insurance to help cannabis businesses with software that simplifies operations.

Anne Forkutza, Head of Market Expansion & Industry Relations at Dutchie talks about why the company is invested in helping NY succeed and its role to help NY’s the first round of social equity dispensaries to open.

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To learn more about Dutchie, visit: https://business.dutchie.com/.

New York approved 36 recreational cannabis businesses and nonprofits for licenses to operate the first retail dispensaries in the state.  Khari Edwards, Head of Corporate Responsibility, Ayr Wellness, a U.S. multistate cannabis operator, talks about the industry and its expansion in NY.

Khari talks about some missteps so far in the rollout of the cannabis program, highlights of the rollout and the illicit market in NYC and its operating in flagrant disregard to the law.

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In the early 90s, a group of volunteers transformed an abandoned, garbage-strewn lot into two baseball diamonds for the youth of East Harlem. Thirty years later, the organization serves thousands of children across East Harlem and the South Bronx through a network of free, extended-day, extended-year DREAM Charter Schools and community sports-based youth development programs. Today, DREAM is led by co-CEOs Richard Berlin and Eve Colavito and boasts six DREAM Charter Schools in three New York City neighborhoods—East Harlem, Mott Haven, and Highbridge.  Richard talks about DREAM’s opening of a new school in the South Bronx.

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Fighting the national rise of Fascism, bigotry, including anti-Semitic acts, systemic racism, and hate crimes are on the minds of many New Yorkers (antisemitism is on an all time high in New York City).  According to the Jewish Virtual Library, Jews make up just over 2.2% of the population in the U.S. as of 2020. The highest percentage is found in New York where over 1.77 million American Jews live – or 9.1% of the state’s total population thus the support for the Jewish people is rooted in New York.

Ann Toback, as CEO of the Workers Circle talks about a 360-degree approach to Jewish identity-building through contemporary cultural programs, strategic social justice campaigns, vibrant Yiddish language classes and interactive educational experiences. 

Learn more at www.circle.org

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New York State’s unemployment rate is about one-third of what it was compared to this time last year, moving out of the pandemic, good-paying jobs are the key to our local communities’ economic success. 

Brian Lucas, the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Marcum Search LLC, a national talent solutions company, part of the Marcum Group is the Talent Advisory arm of the Marcum Group, works hard to keep things moving forward providing full service talent solutions to professionals and organizations needed to hire talent.

Brian talks about the current employment landscape in the New York Market, what advice he would give to companies searching for top talent in this market and for talent looking for jobs.

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David Perlstein, MD MBA FAAP, President & Chief Executive Officer, (SBH Health System) formerly known as St. Barnabas Hospital’s Health and Wellness Center  talks about Integrative Wellness as a popular trend in NYC that is here to stay.  SBH has combined things like affordable housing, patient care and nutrition/fitness education and is having an enormous impact on overall health in the Bronx.

Dr. Perlstein talks about SBH Health System’s new Health and Wellness Center, the Healthplex Fitness Center, the SBH Teaching Kitchen, centers for Women’s Imaging, Children’s Health and Women’s Health,  and a WIC site and a rooftop farm (with a food pantry and four bee hives where honey is produced).

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For more information for healthcare resources in the Bronx, visit:

Overview of St. Barnabas Hospital – https://www.sbhny.org/

New St. Barnabas Hospital Health & Wellness Center – https://sbhwellnesscenter.org/

St. Barnabas Hospital Teaching Kitchen – https://www.sbhteachingkitchen.org/

https://www.facebook.com/SBHBronx/

https://twitter.com/sbhbronx

https://www.instagram.com/sbhbronx/?hl=en

Founded in 1964, New York Blood Center (NYBC) is a nonprofit organization that is one of the largest independent, community- based blood centers in the world. They collect approximately 4,000 units of blood products each day and serve local communities of more than 75 million people in the Tri- State area (NY, NJ, CT), Mid Atlantic area (PA, DE, MD, VA), Missouri and Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Rhode Island, and Southern New England. 

Andrea H. Cefarelli, the Senior Vice President Corporate Communications and Public Affairs for New York Blood Center talks about the importance of donating blood regularly, the types of patients that rely on blood donations and how the pandemic impacted their operations.

Find out more about the New York Blood Center and how to donate or volunteer at https://www.nybc.org/

Instagram: @newyorkbloodcenter

Twitter: @NYBloodCenter

Facebook: New York Blood Center

LinkedIn: New York Blood Center

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