Hudson Yards Partners With Global Citizen To Power The Movement For A More Sustainable And Equitable Global Community

New York, NY – September 18, 2019 – Hudson Yards today announced they have united with Global Citizen in honor of Global Citizen Week and Climate Week to inspire public awareness, engagement and action to face the world’s biggest challenges. Today through September 25, Hudson Yards will host immersive art installations, thought-provoking panels and more than 15 ways to take action to become a Global Citizen around the neighborhood. 1,000 complimentary tickets to the Global Citizen Festival in Central Park on September 28 will be awarded to individuals who record their actions at Hudson Yards on the Global Citizen app. 

“Combating climate change while creating economic and cultural opportunities for all is the DNA of Hudson Yards and a passion shared by many who work, live and visit the neighborhood every day. Hudson Yards was built to be sustainable, resilient and connected for generations to come. We are pleased to partner with Global Citizen to offer New Yorkers more opportunities to participate in creating a more sustainable future,” said Stacey Feder, Chief Marketing Officer, Hudson Yards.

Visitors to Hudson Yards will have the opportunity to participate in:

• Actions to Become a Global Citizen:
  • Throughout The Shops & Restaurants, visitors will see QR codes at participating shops and restaurants to take direct actions through the Global Citizen app. including upcycling beauty events, clothing recycling, complimentary classes and more at participating brands including: AG Jeans, Atelier Cologne, Athleta, Avant Gallery, Banana Republic, Belcampo, The Body Shop, H&M, Jack’s Stir Brew, Kiehl’s, M.A.C Cosmetics, Origins, Sally Hershberger HY Salon, Sephora, Sundays, Sweetgreen, Van Leeuwen and Zara.
  • All actions recorded via participating Hudson Yards retailers through Sept. 25 will be automatically entered to win tickets to the Global Citizen Concert on September 28. Tickets will be distributed on September 26. The Global Citizen app is free to download.
• Purpose-Driven Art Activations:
  • Hudson Yards will display an original mural by artist and Native New Yorker Soraya Marques aka Indie184 promoting female empowerment. Marques has been involved in graffiti culture for over two decades will unveil the mural on September 23 on Level 2 of The Shops & Restaurants.
  • A sculpture by artist Will Kurtz, entitled “Have a Nice Day,” will be on display at the South West entrance of The Shops & Restaurants on Level 1 beginning September 24, courtesy of Avant Gallery. The sculpture is made of recycled materials including plastic bags to demonstrate the potential of wasteful product to be transformed into something beautiful. A portion of its sale will benefit Global Citizen.
• Educational Programming:
  • In support of the UN’s sustainability goals, SAP will host a series of panels at Hudson Yards from September 18-28, covering a diverse range of topics from climate change to sustainable nightlife. Notable programming includes a Reboot the Earth Hackathon, a social coding event that brings young developers together to create software programs that address the current climate crisis on September 20, and the Global Goals World Cup, the first women's activist football tournament on September 25. All SAP events will take place at 10 Hudson Yards. 

“The mural I created, Power The Movement, is a celebration and symbol for self-empowerment and financial independence. Turning that power on, energizing that movement and paying that knowledge forward to evolve in solidarity as a global community to support causes such as gender equality and women-owned businesses,” Indie184 stated of her work.

The partnership with Global Citizen, builds on Hudson Yards’ commitment to being a model for sustainable cities of the future leading the U.S.A. in urban energy solutions, storm water collection and affordable housing, including:

• Hudson Yards was planned as the largest LEED neighborhood in New York City.
• Ten Hudson Yards, first to open in our Hudson Yards project, is LEED platinum and one of New York’s most energy-efficient Class A office towers.
• The neighborhood is also a model for stormwater reuse with multiple rainfall tanks around the neighborhood, including a 60,000-gallon tank in the platform that forms the base of the neighborhood, used to irrigate the 200 mature trees and 28,000 plants in the public park as well as in mechanical systems throughout the neighborhood ensuring we make the most of every drop.
• Hudson Yards’ state-of-the-art cogeneration plant and microgrid save an estimated 24,000+MT of CO2e greenhouse gases (equal to the annual emissions of 5,100 cars) from being emitted annually.
• Hudson Yards is an economic engine for New York City, already contributing more than $10 billion to the City’s GDP during construction and serving as a significant source of revenue to the MTA. Once fully developed, Hudson Yards will contribute nearly $19 billion annually to New York City’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and nearly $1 billion annually in State and City taxes.
• The companies and buildings at Hudson Yards will bring over 57,000 jobs to the new West Side neighborhood and Hudson Yards also estimates that, over the next six months, upwards of 600 new jobs will be filled by the developers and management team to provide essential services at the development, most of whom will be represented by SEIU 32BJ, plus thousands of additional jobs at restaurants and other campus businesses.
• Developers created the Hudson Yards Hiring Network, an innovative public-private collaboration designed to identify and recruit talent from New York’s most in-need populations. The initiative has already placed hundreds of New Yorkers in new jobs and expects hundreds of more jobs to be filled over the next few months.
• Over 1,000 units of affordable housing will be created or preserved in and around the Hudson Yards community, when the project is complete, ensuring it is a neighborhood for all New Yorkers.

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About Hudson Yards

Hudson Yards is a new neighborhood on Manhattan’s West Side being developed by Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group. Hudson Yards is home to more than 100 shops and restaurants, including New York City’s first Neiman Marcus, an array of experiential and online retailers, and a collection of leading brands in every category from luxury to fast fashion. The neighborhood features restaurants and food experiences by chefs and restaurateurs Thomas Keller, José Andrés, David Chang, Michael Lomonaco, Costas Spiliadis, rhubarb and Chef Peter Jin, D&D London and more; dynamic cultural institutions; 4,000 state-of-the-art modern residences; more than five acres of public plazas, gardens and groves; and eventually a new 750-seat public school–-all offering unparalleled amenities for residents, employees and guests. For more information on Hudson Yards, please visit www.HudsonYardsNewYork.com.

About Global Citizen

Global Citizen engages with more than 25 million advocates and activists each month. Most of them are millennials, who are using their collective voice to end extreme poverty by 2030. Through the platform, Global Citizens learn about the systemic causes of extreme poverty, take action on those issues, and earn rewards for their actions — as part of a global community committed to driving lasting change. They can redeem those awards to attend Global Citizen events and experiences that take place all over the world. To date, the actions by Global Citizen’s community around the world, along with their high-level advocacy efforts and work with partners, has resulted in commitments and policy announcements from leaders valued at over $40 billion that is set to affect the lives of more than 2.25 billion people by 2030. For more information visit www.Globalcitizen.org [globalcitizen.org]

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