Mayor Adams Invests $27 Million to Accelerate Growth of Life Sciences in NYC

 

 

 

The Taystee Lab Building in West Harlem, where CCNY’s City Innovations Collaborative will be housed. Image: The Janus Property Company.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) President and CEO Andrew Kimball today awarded $26.6 million to further spur the growth of New York City’s life sciences industry and create family-sustaining jobs for New Yorkers. Through NYCEDC’s $1 billion LifeSci NYC initiative, the city is awarding $15 million to the City College of New York (CCNY) and $11.6 million to the Mount Sinai Health System. Both awards will support the construction of new facilities that will allow the creation of new life sciences startups in the city and promote the next generation of talent and world-class innovation — creating jobs, connecting research to industry, and advancing health care and technology.

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Are You Smarter Than a 6th Grader?

 

 

Grab a drink, and choose your own adventure at any of the several stations of experts set up around the bar. Each expert has a 10 minute speed-lesson, so you can get the basics ~ or go deep.  This week’s adventurous theme is titled, Pregame Your Brain: Are You Smarter Than a 6th Grader?

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