PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by David Garza, President and CEO of Henry Street Settlement, on Innovation East and Lower East Side Employment Network
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David Garza, representing the Henry Street Settlement and the Lower East Side Employment Network, testifies in support of the Innovation East project. He highlights the partnership between the Network and Innovation East to create employment and educational opportunities in the life sciences sector for local residents.
- An MOU has been signed between the Lower East Side Employment Network and Innovation East to outline responsibilities and create access points for community members.
- The partnership aims to provide job seekers with training, skill certification, and high-wage employment opportunities in the life sciences sector.
- The Lower East Side Employment Network consists of 8 organizations working collaboratively to create a single point of access for economic development opportunities in the community.
David Garza
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Yes.
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Thank you so much.
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My name is David Garza.
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I'm the president and CEO of the Henry Street Settlement.
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I thank the committee for the opportunity to testify.
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I wanna acknowledge council member Rivera for her support of the Lower East Side Employment Network.
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I'm here today in representation of the Lower East Side Employment Network, who is a grateful and proud partner and enthusiastic partner with Innovation East.
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We know that the life sciences sector will bring is a high demand sector that will bring educational opportunities, to our community.
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The Lower East Side Employment Network is 8 organizations that work collaboratively to create a single point of access with economic development opportunities to help the residents of the lower east side and beyond access those employment and educational opportunities, which we hopefully will ultimately lead to high wage employment, education, training, skill certification, and otherwise.
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We already have an MOU signed with Innovation East that was executed last year, and it outlines the responsibilities on both for both parties and both stakeholders to create those points of access, to report on the progress, and to leverage the support that is being invested by the development company into our community to help create that ramp to access so that we can provide critical support to the job seekers and training seekers that we serve.
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And our partners at Innovation East and their expanded partners can help, provide those opportunities, that platform for the engagement of our residents.
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So I'm grateful to be here today to speak on the reality of that MOU, and we are excited to pursue the work as it unfolds.
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I thank the committee again for the opportunity to testify, and I'm grateful to be here.
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Thank you so much.
Kevin Riley
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Thank you, David.