Massive wind power deal expected to bring money, jobs to Brooklyn
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the largest offshore wind agreement in U.S. history on Thursday. He was joined at the announcement in Manhattan by former Vice President Al Gore.
The massive infrastructure deal is expected to bring millions of dollars of investments and hundreds of jobs to South Brooklyn, among other locations.
The two winning offshore wind projects are projected to create roughly 1,700 megawatts of electricity, enough to power one million homes, create more than 1,600 jobs and result in $3.2 billion in economic activity, the state said in a release on Wednesday.