The OSW Vision Plan looks to attract additional federal, state, and private investments to drive industry growth. To help ensure progress is made, NYCEDC will establish an Offshore Wind Industry Advisory Council led by co-chairs Elizabeth Yeampierre, Executive Director of UPROSE, and KC Sahl, Northeast Energy Market Leader at VHB, a civil engineering firm active in the offshore wind industry. The council will be made up of additional community, business and nonprofit leaders with relevant expertise and experience.
“The commitment to new Offshore wind development in NYC is the result of frontline, community-led planning and leadership for environmental justice and the ‘green reindustrialization’ of our waterfront over the past decades. The struggle now is for a just transition, ensuring from day 1 our people are both at the table and working in this industry” said NYC OSW Industry Advisory Council Co-Chair, Elizabeth Yeampierre.