$700 Million Climate Campus Planned for Governors Island.
New York City plans to build a $700 million campus on Governors Island, led by Stony Brook University, dedicated to finding solutions to address the climate crisis. The 400,000-square-foot hub, called the "New York Climate Exchange," will focus on researching climate solutions and training for green jobs. The campus will serve as a "living laboratory" that features resilient design and will create more than 2,200 jobs. The project follows a similar approach to the Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island, but city officials refer to the Governors Island campus as "Cornell Tech on steroids."