USDA Secretary and NYC Mayor team up to create $2 million Green Jobs effort to support NYC UTC goal; NYC; 4/8/09

AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK AND MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCE $2 ...USDA.gov (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the Department of Agriculture has awarded a $2 million grant to create green jobs and restore urban forests in New York City. The grant will create up to 20 new jobs in horticulture and forestry over the next two years for graduates of the MillionTreesNYC training program. MillionTreesNYC is a public-private partnership between the Bloomberg Administration and New York Restoration Project (NYRP) that aims to plant one million new trees throughout the five boroughs by 2017.
"These young Americans will embark on careers in the growing field of urban natural resource management and restoration and help show others that green jobs programs can be a path out of poverty."