# Scholar-in-Residence Gary Friedland is quoted in a feature article on Hudson Yards and the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, from his joint research with Professor Jeanne Calderon

1 Faculty News April 12, 2019 ![Citylab logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/citylablogo_0.jpg?itok=m2XP-M92)>

Excerpt from [CityLab](https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/04/hudson-yards-financing-eb5-investor-visa-program-immigration/586897/) -- "'The use of EB-5 capital to fund mega-projects like \[Hudson Yards\] absorbs a significant portion of the limited annual quota of EB-5 visas,' Friedland says."

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