Greening The Grid: New York's Energy Future

May 6, 2019

The Museum of the City of New York and CUNY hosted a panel in December 2017 to discuss ideas of renewable energy sources in NYC, preventing another citywide electrical blackout, the intersection of sustainability and affordable housing, lessening climate change's effects and financial impacts, and protecting our grid against possible outside interference. Led by Michael Shank of USDN, New School professor Charles Allison, CUNY's Director of Sustainability Tria Case, NYCHA's Vice President of Energy and Sustainability Bomee Jung, and Nilda Mesa of Columbia University's Urban Design Lab/Earth Institute and formerly of Mayor DeBlasio's office, the discussion centers around how big cities can take back control of its resources, and how to engage change beyond a political standpoint and getting citizens involved in a greener future.

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