President Suri Duitch, Waterfront Alliance’s Julie Raskin on Connecting New Yorkers to Working Waterfront

Two men in a boat wearing high-visibility black and orange clothing, one steering, the other pointing something out.

"These on-water climate jobs are as important as jobs at venture-backed climate tech start-ups."

President Suri Duitch, Waterfront Alliance’s Julie Raskin on Connecting New Yorkers to Working Waterfront in NY Daily News

As Climate Week NYC (Sept. 20-27) comes to a close, KCC President Suri Duitch and Waterfront Alliance President and CEO Julie Raskin make the case in today’s New York Daily News that investing in the city’s efforts to remake its waterfront is not only smart climate policy but also a workforce development opportunity to expand local maritime career pathways like those offered at Kingsborough.

In it, they write:

“These on-water climate jobs are as important as jobs at venture-backed climate tech start-ups. It is time to view them and the maritime industry and working waterfront they support as an integral part of the city’s workforce and climate future.”

Read the full op-ed in The New York Daily News.

Learn more about Kingsborough’s Maritime Technology program. 

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