The New York Hustle of Amazon’s Second Headquarters
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The New York Hustle of Amazon’s Second Headquarters
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#2Bezos played these cities like a fiddle. They'll never offer deals to him like this again but he doesn't care because this was a one-shot stunt.
Like sports teams, the impact on the local economies will be negligible. Lets see how many of the 25k jobs even show up...
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#3Has anyone seen specifics on how they'll be held accountable? They've made promises for x jobs with $y average salaries, but if they don't meet that, then what?
https://ny.curbed.com/2018/11/16/18098589/amazon-hq2-nyc-que... suggests that nearly $1.3 billion is not tied to any amount of job creation at all.
Re: The New York Hustle of Amazon’s Second Headquarters
#4Bezos played these cities like a fiddle. They'll never offer deals to him like this again but he doesn't care because this was a one-shot stunt. Like sports teams, the impact on the local economies will be negligible. Lets see how many of the 25k jobs even show up...
There are benchmarks baked into the deal, so no jobs = no tax breaks. The cities should have known better than to play this game, but at least there's that.
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#5Amazon negotiated in bad faith and as such any deals should be voided. I'd like to NYC mayor call out Amazon instead of allowing the good people of NYC to be railroaded.
What the cities have submitted were nothing more than proposals, they are not contracts and are not binding. Considering the new information that has come to light mayor de Blasio.
More than anything Northern Virginia should withdraw their proposal, Amazon wants the Government cloud business so bad that Virginia has Amazon over a barrel.
Re: The New York Hustle of Amazon’s Second Headquarters
#6Amazon negotiated in bad faith and as such any deals should be voided. I'd like to NYC mayor call out Amazon instead of allowing the good people of NYC to be railroaded. What the cities have submitted were nothing more than proposals, they are not contracts and are not binding. Considering the new information that has come to light mayor de Blasio. More than anything Northern Virginia should withdraw their proposal,…
Withdrawl would require politicians admitting they were duped. In NY, Democrats have a monopoly on power so they have no need to be responsive to voters.
Re: The New York Hustle of Amazon’s Second Headquarters
#7Bezos played these cities like a fiddle. They'll never offer deals to him like this again but he doesn't care because this was a one-shot stunt. Like sports teams, the impact on the local economies will be negligible. Lets see how many of the 25k jobs even show up...
There are benchmarks baked into the deal, so no jobs = no tax breaks. The cities should have known better than to play this game, but at least there's that.
Not true, only a portion is tied to job creation goals
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#8>> Throughout a bidding process that saw dozens of cities vie to be the next location of a proposed hydra-headquarters, there were murmurs that Amazon might really just be looking for a regular office, and rebranding it a “headquarters” to corner those tax breaks.
That is exactly what happened.
Re: The New York Hustle of Amazon’s Second Headquarters
#9Amazon negotiated in bad faith and as such any deals should be voided. I'd like to NYC mayor call out Amazon instead of allowing the good people of NYC to be railroaded. What the cities have submitted were nothing more than proposals, they are not contracts and are not binding. Considering the new information that has come to light mayor de Blasio. More than anything Northern Virginia should withdraw their proposal,…
Withdrawl would require politicians admitting they were duped. In NY, Democrats have a monopoly on power so they have no need to be responsive to voters.
This monopoly on power which exists in many states across the US is IMHO very bad. I always theorize that the US would be better if the red states voted blue and the blue states voted red.
Re: The New York Hustle of Amazon’s Second Headquarters
#10Amazon negotiated in bad faith and as such any deals should be voided. I'd like to NYC mayor call out Amazon instead of allowing the good people of NYC to be railroaded. What the cities have submitted were nothing more than proposals, they are not contracts and are not binding. Considering the new information that has come to light mayor de Blasio. More than anything Northern Virginia should withdraw their proposal,…
Withdrawl would require politicians admitting they were duped. In NY, Democrats have a monopoly on power so they have no need to be responsive to voters.
Poppycock. One of the top stories from this election is how establishment NY Dems are facing a challenge from the left, e.g. Ocasio-Cortez who is critical of the Amazon deal.[1]
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/13/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ama...