Queens. For Amazon, the commitment to build a new headquarters requires positive, collaborative relationships with state and local elected officials who will be supportive over the long-term. While polls show that 70% of New Yorkers support
Amazon said on Thursday it pulled out of its plan to build a second headquarters in New York City on Thursday following a flood of opposition from city and state officials. The e-commerce giant was supposed to build its new campus in Long Island City, a neighborhood in Queens, but has fa...
NEW YORK, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday expressed disappointment at U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon's decision to drop its plan of building a new headquarters in the Long Island City neighborhood of New York City's Queens borough. "You have to be to...
Amazon announced in November that it had chosen the Long Island City section of Queens for one of two new headquarters, with the other in Arlington, Virginia. Both would get 25,000 jobs. A third site in Nashville, Tennessee, would get 5,000. The company planned to spend $2.5 billion b...
After inviting offers from cities across the country in a high-profile bidding process, and whittling down the results, Amazon has finally settled on two locations for its new corporate headquarters, according to a report late Monday. Citing sources familiar with the matter,The Wal...
The news comes 10 months after Amazonabandoned its plansto build its second headquarters ("HQ2") in Long Island City, Queens. The company reversed course thanks to protests from residents and local officials who objected to the $3 billion it would receive in tax credits, and the gentrification...
The buildup to Amazon’s announcement of a second headquarters (it still has its primary presence in Seattle) was something of a PR circus, with cities vying for consideration with gifts, tax incentives and publicity stunts. New York and a location in Virginia near Washington, D.C., were ...
We already know that an Amazon distribution center will bemoving into the old Bulova headquarterson Boody Street in Woodside, but Queens very well may get even more “Amazon” in the coming years. In September of 2017, the e-commerce giant announced that it would becreating a second headquart...
—just some of the sweet, city-sized nothingswhispered into Jeff Bezos' ears in 2018—but the courting came to an abrupt end in November when Amazon chose Long Island City for their newest headquarters, estimated to bring 7,000 more jobs (and much more over time) to the bustling NY...
Amazon jilted New York City on Valentine's Day, scrapping plans to build a massive headquarters campus in Queens amid fierce opposition from politicians angry about nearly $3 billion in tax breaks and the company's anti-union stance.