Friday, February 08, 2019

The Tears of Amazon Cuomo

Amazon doesn't need any subsidies from anyone, and there's no sane argument that suggests that NYC needs to attract large employers at the moment, even if such subsidies were a reasonable thing for some municipalities to do (probably not!).

Amazon.com is reconsidering its plan to bring 25,000 jobs to a new campus in New York City following a wave of opposition from local politicians, according to two people familiar with the company's thinking.