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BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ CUTS RIBBON AT POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY’S
BROOKLYN ENTERPRISE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Photographs by Kathryn Kirk

In photo from left to right: Saul Shapiro from the New York City Economic Development Corporation, Margaret Nelson from the Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation, Mack Tham from the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, President David Chang of Polytechnic University, Borough President Marty Markowitz, James Sanford from the Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation, and Vice President Richard Thorsen of Polytechnic University.

Program to be a “business incubator” for Brooklyn’s growing tech industries

On Friday, October 1, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz spoke at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the Brooklyn Enterprise for Science and Technology at Polytechnic University. The business incubator will integrate business, research and education with the goal of strengthening Brooklyn’s local economy.

“This enterprise will train Polytechnic faculty and students, helping them grow their businesses,” said Borough President Markowitz. “Now when students graduate, they won’t have to leave Brooklyn in search of information technology, biotechnology, or nanotechnology jobs. Rather, they will be able to find employment in Brooklyn’s own budding technology industry and play a critical role in its development.”

“Brooklyn is the ultimate incubator of ideas,” continued Markowitz. “Brooklyn today represents what American will look like tomorrow. Brooklyn is the future, so it only makes sense that innovative technology is developed here.”

Also speaking were Dr. David C. Chang, President of Polytechnic University; State Senator Martin Golden; and Councilmember Tracy Boyland.