Most New Yorkers Welcome Amazon But Are Split on Subsidies, Poll Suggests
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About 60 percent of Queens voters who participated in the poll said they approved of Amazon’s arrival, Quinnipiac reported.
Read MoreAfter Amazon Employees Buy LIC Homes, Gianaris Moves on ‘Insider Real Estate’
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“No one should be cashing in on confidential inside information.”
Read MoreActivists to Amazon On Cyber Monday: No HQ2 In Long Island City
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Protesters stormed into Amazon’s bookstore on 34th Street in Manhattan.
Read MoreCuomo Says Amazon HQ Will Cost New York 'Nada'
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Cuomo went on New York City public radio Monday to defend the agreement.
Read MoreMy New Amazon Shopping Cart: Affordable Housing, Better Schools, Trains and Workers’ Rights
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“As reality sets in, we must ask whether this was the greatest giveaway since the Dutch stole Manhattan Island.”
Read MoreFor Amazon HQ2 Deal, Atlantic Yards Should Serve as a Warning
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“Promises of jobs and tax revenue deserve deep scrutiny and continued oversight.”
Read MoreAmazon's Would-Be Neighbors: Cynicism, Some Hope for Jobs
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio, both Democrats, have heralded the deal as good for everyone.
Read MoreCuomo Slams Media Over Criticism of Amazon’s LIC HQ2
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“Nothing in the Amazon transaction is new.”
Read MoreTop 10 Tweets: Queens Responds to Amazon's Arrival
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Cuomo and de Blasio announced that Amazon would set up shop in LIC. As a reward, the corporate behemoth — valued at roughly $1 trillion — will also receive more than $3 billion in tax breaks and subsidies. Over on Twitter, the response wasn’t pretty.
Read MoreAmazon's LIC Home in 'Opportunity Zone' for Trump Tax Break
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Median household income around Amazon's planned campus is $130,000 a year and poverty is half the city average.
Read MoreIncentives to Amazon Could Top $2.8 billion
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The total value of the incentive package New York is using to lure Amazon could top $2.8 billion.
Read MoreLocal Leaders Slam Amazon, Mayor and Gov At LIC Rally
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Local elected officials joined community groups to denounce the e-commerce giant’s newest headquarters as “outrageous.”
Read MoreLIC Leaders Sound Off On Amazon Arrival
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Amazon HQ2 is coming to Long Island City, but local leaders are telling CEO Jeff Bezos to buzz off.
Read MoreAmazon HQ Sites: Similar Basics But Different Vibes
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It's already the fastest-developing neighborhood in the nation's most populous city, and Amazon could pump up the volume in this buzzy part of Queens.
Read MoreSource Reveals Exact Site of Amazon’s LIC Headquarters
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Previously, an Amazon spokesperson told the Eagle that Amazon’s new campus, “will be around Anable Basin.”
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