Solar technology is helping New Yorkers recover from the unprecedented power outages caused by Hurricane Sandy. With several of the City’s hardest hit areas still without power, businesses, nonprofits and volunteers have come together to install mobile solar generators where they are needed most.
This weekend, Cleanweb Hackathon NYC will bring together developers, designers, and entrepreneurs to brainstorm and create innovative products, apps, and solutions to global resource constraints.
Each summer, New York's top clean technology startups come together to pitch to a panel of the industry’s leading investors. This year the event returns to the New York Academy of Sciences for the 7th Annual New Energy Symposium on July 18-19, 2012.
The East Midtown Waterfront Project will fill a major gap in the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway between East 38th and East 60th Streets on the East River.
NYCEDC is seeking proposals for up to $8 million in City capital to subdivide and modernize existing underutilized private industrial facilities to make them usable for small manufacturing and other industrial uses. Awards will range from $1-$2 million per project, with up to eight eligible projects being selected to receive funding. Winners will be selected based on factors including: the amount of City subsidy needed per square foot; how quickly the space can be modernized and subdivided; the amount of private investment that the respondent will make in the project; and how many jobs will be supported.
