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 15: Amazon abruptly dropped plans Thursday for a big new headquarters in New York that would have brought 25,000 jobs to the city, reversing course after politicians and activists objected to the nearly $3 billion in incentives promised to what is already one of the world’s...
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...
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
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 ...