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MAYOR BLOOMBERG OPENS FIVE NEW SOUNDSTAGES AT STEINER STUDIOS AND ANNOUNCES NEW PROGRAMS TO HELP NEW YORKERS GET JOBS IN ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
March 26, 2012
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Media & Entertainment Commissioner Katherine Oliver today joined Steiner Studios Chairman Douglas C. Steiner to open five new soundstages at Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The new stages, totaling 45,000 square feet, will provide new and expanded opportunities for New Yorkers who work in the film, television and commercial production industry. The Mayor also launched initiatives designed to support and grow the industry, including new grants for training programs that prepare New Yorkers for careers in production and digital fields; a new entertainment component to the City’s mini-MBA partnership with NYU’s Stern School of Business; and a request for proposals for a “Made in NY” Media Center, which would provide media companies with affordable work space and other services.
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MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES A RECORD 23 PRIMETIME TELEVISION SERIES NOW BEING FILMED IN THE FIVE BOROUGHS – ADDING TO THE 100,000 JOBS SUPPORTED BY NEW YORK CITY’S ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
August 22, 2011
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD — Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Media & Entertainment Commissioner Katherine Oliver Monday announced a record 23 television series are being filmed in New York City — contributing to the growth of an industry that supports 100,000 jobs.
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BROOKLYN COLLEGE AND STEINER STUDIOS TO ESTABLISH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF CINEMA AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD
January 20, 2011
BROOKLYN, NY (January 20, 2011) – Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and Steiner Studios will be establishing a new graduate school of cinema, to be located on the Steiner Studios lot at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Steiner Studios has the largest soundstage and production facilities on the East Coast. The public graduate program will be affordable and will be the only graduate school in the country seamlessly integrated into a working film lot. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the formation of the school yesterday at his 2011 State of the City Address.
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GOTHAM AWARDS CELEBRATE THE BEST IN INDIE FILM, MAYOR RECEIVES TRIBUTE IN BROOKLYN
December 5, 2007
December 5, 2007 – The 17th Annual Gotham Awards kicked off the annual awards season honoring the best in independent film with a gala ceremony held for the first time in Brooklyn at Steiner Studios. Presented by IFP, the evening also included a Tribute award to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Talented playwright and actor Sarah Jones served as host and presented the mayor with his award.
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BROOKLYN NAVY YARD AND STEINER STUDIOS ANNOUNCE PLANS TO TRANSFORM
December 5, 2007December 5, 2007 – The Brooklyn Navy Yard and its largest tenant – the wildly successful Steiner Studios – are teaming up to redevelop a 20-acre site within the Navy Yard as a media campus. Seeking to attract a diversified pool of media, film, television, and entertainment companies, as well as non-profit organizations, Steiner Studios and Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) issued a joint Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) for the site, which formerly was used by the Navy as a medical compound.
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MAYOR BLOOMBERG AND SPEAKER QUINN ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR HISTORICAL CENTER AT BROOKLYN NAVY YARD
November 7, 2007
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn today announced plans for the Brooklyn Navy Yard Historical Center, which will be housed in the United States Marine Corps Commandant’s residence, built in 1857 and now known as Building 92. Once renovated and expanded, with a modern structure attached to the rear of the building, the 25,000-square-foot facility will house a new center that will celebrate the Navy Yard’s past, present, and future and will provide community meeting space and office facilities for the Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment (BCUE).
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GOTHAMS GO TO BROOKLYN, HONOR MAYOR BLOOMBERG
November 1, 2007November 1, 2007 – On Tuesday, November 27th the 17th Annual Gotham Awards, celebrating the independent voices behind and in front of the camera in the year’s best films, will be handed out at New York City’s newest studio complex, Steiner Studios, presented by IFP. Among the honorees will be New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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STEINER STUDIOS TO SIGN LEASE ON BUILDING AT BROOKLYN NAVY YARD, DOUBLING SPACE FOR FEATURE FILM, TELEVISION, AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION
February 15, 2007Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY – February 15 – Douglas C. Steiner, chairman, Steiner Studios, and Andrew H. Kimball, president and CEO of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, announced today that they expect to ink a development deal and long-term lease to expand Steiner Studios with the renovation of a 289,000-square-foot seven-story tower. The World War II-era building at 25 Washington Avenue stands at the entrance of the 15-acre Steiner Studios media campus at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. In addition to more production space for film, television, commercials and photo shoots, the building will be a resource for post-production, animation, and other media-related companies. This expansion of the media campus is expected to bring an additional 550 jobs to the Navy Yard.
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MAYOR BLOOMBERG BREAKS GROUND FOR 400,000-SQUARE-FOOT EXPANSION AT BROOKLYN NAVY YARD
October 24, 2006
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) President and CEO Andrew H. Kimball today broke ground on an 89,000-square foot industrial building on Perry Avenue in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The project, to be developed for multi-tenant occupancy, is part of a seven-building expansion initiative over the next three years that is expected to generate up to 800 new jobs at one of the City’s largest and most successful industrial centers. The expansion program – the largest such initiative at the historic site since World War II – will create 401,900 square feet of additional industrial capacity at the 300-acre Navy Yard, which presently encompasses four million square feet of industrial space.
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MAYOR MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG AND GOVERNOR GEORGE E. PATAKI ANNOUNCE NEW INCENTIVE PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS IN NEW YORK
September 28, 2004
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Governor George E. Pataki along with Steiner Studios Chairman Douglas C. Steiner today announced an operating agreement with Mel Brooks’ production company Brooksworks, LLC, to bring the production of Brooks’ latest film,The Producers: The Movie Musical to Steiner Studios this fall. Produced by Mel Brooks and directed by Susan Stroman, The Producers will star Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell. The film, which begins shooting at Steiner Studios in late Fall 2004, is one of the first in New York to take advantage of the new incentive program designed to attract more film and television production to New York State.
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NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES TO LAUNCH HIRING INITIATIVE AT STEINER STUDIOS IN BROOKLYN NAVY YARD
May 17, 2004The Workforce Development Corporation (WDC), a not-for-profit corporation affiliated with the New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) and chaired by SBS Commissioner Robert W. Walsh, today released a request for proposals to hire a workforce consultant to coordinate a hiring initiative with Steiner Studios and other film industry-related employers at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, which will bring hundreds of jobs to the area. In July, the Department of Small Business Services (SBS) will establish a recruitment outpost at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and will collaborate with its Workforce1 Career Centers, The Training and Employment Council in Brooklyn (TEC/Brooklyn), and numerous community based organizations, to establish a single point-of-contact between local jobseekers, production companies and vendors involved in Steiner Studio productions.
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