Press
April 2023
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Partners with NY Sun Works to Bring Climate Education to Coney Island Schools
Brooklyn students at select schools will be seeing a lot more green on their campuses, as one congressman joined kids at a Coney Island school to present funds for teaching students about urban farming and planting. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries was at Rachel Carson High School to present $500,000 in federal money to New York Sun Works, the organization providing the hydroponic farms to the schools.
March 2023
US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Visits NY Sun Works Hydroponic Classroom, Sees Opportunities for Students
US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona made the rounds in New York City on Tuesday, touting investments for teachers and students, as schools get ready for the upcoming academic year. He toured schools in Queens and Brooklyn alongside Congress members Grace Meng and Nydia Velazquez.
February 2023
Brooklyn and Queens Schools Get STEM and Sustainability Curriculum Thanks to Rep. Nydia Velázquez
Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez recently presented a check worth $800,000 in funding to NY Sun Works — a New York-based nonprofit that delivers science and sustainability education through urban farming to K-12 students — to provide schools in Brooklyn and Queens with hydroponic farm technology to enhance each school’s science curriculum.
April 2024
Queens Chronicle: BP Richards Pushes for Hydroponics Labs
April 2024
Daily Eagle: Borough President Set to Announce $2.3 Million for Hydroponics Labs in Queens
April 2024
QNS: Richmond Hill High School Launches Hydroponic Classroom and Cultivates Sustainability Education
April 2024
CBS News: NY Sun Works Helps Communities Across New York City Study Climate Change
March 2024
News12: Students Present Hydroponic Research Projects at the Annual Bronx STEAM Expo
March 2024
News12: Williamsburg School Celebrates 10 Years of Providing Hands-On Climate Education
February 2024
NY1: Estudiantes en Escuela en Harlem Siembran Plantas y Estudian Ciencia – Utilizando Agua en Lugar de Tierra
En el mes de febrero, estudiantes de la escuela PS123 Mahalia Jackson en Harlem, emocionados, dieron inicio a lo que sería la apertura de su laboratorio hidropónico.
February 2024
QGazette: LaGuardia Community College, Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, and NY Sun Works Celebrate Hydroponic Classroom
LaGuardia CC, in collaboration with Congresswoman Velázquez and NY Sun Works, has opened a new Hydroponic Classroom.
February 2024
Asharq Al-Awsat: Environmental Education for a Sustainable Future
The perception of the environment has expanded in recent decades from fighting pollution to the management of natural resources. The increase in the world’s population from 1.5 billion at the beginning of the twentieth century to over eight billion today, together with a major shift in production and consumption patterns, has led to a doubling of the demand on resources. This requires proper and balanced management, coupled with fair distribution of natural resources, to ensure that these billions of people obtain their basic needs.
November 2023
VFD: Village Academy in Far Rockaway Opens New Hydroponic and Aquaponic Greenhouse
NY Sun Works in partnership with Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. today announced the opening of a new greenhouse and hydroponic farm classroom at Village Academy in Far Rockaway, Queens. The ribbon-cutting celebration unveiled a classroom with aquaponic and hydroponic technologies to complement the school’s sustainability science curriculum provided by the nonprofit.
November 2023
VFD: NY Sun Works Awarded CIV:LAB Grant to Support Climate Education and Workforce Development
New York Sun Works has been awarded its first climate grant from CIV:LAB to support climate education and the science of sustainability programming at the organization's existing partner schools across the boroughs. It will also support the expansion of the organization's urban agriculture workforce development program at two high schools for students interested in climate-focused careers.
October 2023
VFD: NY Sun Works and NYPA Partner to Bring Hydroponic Farming to Bilingual School in the Bronx
The first of four new green classrooms coming to the Bronx was officially launched today with a ribbon-cutting at PS 25 The Bilingual School on 149th Street. The hydroponic lab, which grows crops indoors without soil, will teach students agricultural skills, environmental science and other sustainability-based programming.
October 2023
BronxNews12: Hydroponic Classroom at PS 25 Bilingual School Part of Plan to Build Healthy Future
P.S. 25 Bilingual School launched a new green classroom Monday where education officials say the joy of learning meets the science of sustainability.
October 2023
NYHispano: Congresista otorga $800,000 para proyectos comunitarios de New York Sun Works
El congresista Ritchie Torres (NY-15) otorgó hoy $800,000 en fondos para proyectos comunitarios a New York Sun Works, una organización local sin fines de lucro dedicada a integrar la ciencia de la sostenibilidad y la educación climática en las escuelas urbanas K-12.
October 2023
SloanFoundation: Introducing New York City’s Next Generation of Farmer-Scientists
New York Sun Works teaches K-12 students across the five boroughs the science of sustainability through hands-on urban farming.
