Media Advisory: Hundreds of Jobs to Be Created Across Long Island Under Governor Paterson's Green Jobs Bill

• by New York State Department of Labor

ALBANY, NY (11/19/2009)(readMedia)-- "The workforce training that this bill supports will prepare New Yorkers to find jobs in the 21st century clean energy economy that we are building here in New York. Across Long Island, the bill will stimulate economic development, while giving homeowners an opportunity to improve energy efficiency in their homes at little or no expense."

- Governor David A. Paterson

With its stellar institutions of higher education like Stony Brook University, innovative private sector businesses and abundance of skilled workers, the opportunities for a thriving green economy on Long Island are absolutely limitless. On Thursday, November 19, Secretary of State Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez and Associate Commissioner of Labor Colleen Gardner will be joined by local officials to detail how Governor Paterson's Green Jobs Bill will impact Long Island's economy.

WHEN: Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 12:30 p.m.

WHERE: IBEW Local 25 Training Center

370 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway

Hauppauge, NY 11788

WHO: Secretary of State Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez

Associate Commissioner of Labor Colleen Gardner

Chris Kelly, director of the LIJATC apprenticeship program

Executive Director of Long Island Federation of Labor Roger Clayman

Workforce Development Institute Field Assistant Stephanie Martin