Amazon abandons plan for headquarters in New York City
Local politicians opposed the $2.8bn in incentives promised in a deal secretly negotiated by New York governor Andrew Cuomo
New York — Amazon.com said on Thursday it would not move forward with plans to build its second headquarters in New York, the US, after rising opposition from local politicians. The company said it will not reopen the search process “at this time. We will proceed as planned in Northern Virginia and Nashville, and we will continue to hire and grow across our 17 corporate offices and tech hubs in the US and Canada.” The company had begun considering alternatives last week. The online retailer has not yet acquired any land for the project, which would make it easy to scrap its plans, a person briefed on the matter said. Amazon had announced it would create 25,000 jobs and build one of two new headquarters based in the Long Island City suburb of Queens, just across the East River from Manhattan. The proposal ran into opposition from local politicians who opposed the $2.8bn in incentives promised to Amazon in a deal secretly negotiated by New York governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City ...
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