Amazon and their 25,000 capitalist pig jobs are not welcome in NYC.
Welcome to the revolution.
Posted on 02/16/2019 4:34:20 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Bill de Blasio: The Path Amazon Rejected
It could have answered the concerns of citizens. Instead it bolted.
By Bill de Blasio
Mr. de Blasio is mayor of New York City.
Feb. 16, 2019
The first word I had that Amazon was about to scrap an agreement to bring 25,000 new jobs to New York City came an hour before it broke in the news on Thursday.
The call was brief and there was little explanation for the company’s reversal.
Just days before, I had counseled a senior Amazon executive about how they could win over some of their critics. Meet with organized labor. Start hiring public housing residents. Invest in infrastructure and other community needs. Show you care about fairness and creating opportunity for the working people of Long Island City.
There was a clear path forward. Put simply: If you don’t like a small but vocal group of New Yorkers questioning your company’s intentions or integrity, prove them wrong.
Instead, Amazon proved them right. Just two hours after a meeting with residents and community leaders to move the project forward, the company abruptly canceled it all.
I am a lifelong progressive who sees the problem of growing income and wealth inequality. The agreement we struck with Amazon back in November was a solid foundation. It would have created: at least 25,000 new jobs, including for unionized construction and service workers; partnerships with public colleges; and $27 billion in new tax revenue to fuel priorities from transit to affordable housing — a ninefold return on the taxes the city and state were prepared to forgo to win the headquarters.
The retail giant’s expansion in New York encountered opposition in no small part because of growing frustration with corporate America.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
“At $15 per hour or better.”
those 25,000 jobs were not warehouse picker jobs, but VERY HIGHLY paid programmer, analyst, finance, and executive jobs in the salary range starting at 100K ...
Typical progressive. It’s always someone else’s fault.
I think I see part of the problem, Mr. Mayor. Even though he supports democrats, Bezos makes his WEALTH through capitalism.
Amazon and their 25,000 capitalist pig jobs are not welcome in NYC.
Welcome to the revolution.
Beautiful, every lying word of it.
He can’t control companies like he would under socialism and he hates that.
Very good.
“Hey, let’s put our headquarters where protestors will harass our employees daily.”
Two facts : 1. Mr. de Blasio is mayor of New York City.
2. You can never recover lost wages.
When Jussie Smollett loses his job on that TV show, maybe he can go into HR and be the hiring manager. Unless he is going to be the new spokesman for Subway sandwiches.
Amazon, smart move...
What is up with this! DeBlasio clips on Fox News showed him tearing into AOC for costing NY Amazon’s good paying jobs.
NYTimes. Fake News.
DeBlasio trying to cover his @ss, he let that little sh*t Occasional Cortex and the NIMBY freaks drive Amazon off.
Amazon setting up in New York City is about the same as a family of Israelis moving to Iran.
Tee hee!!!
They should have relocated to Scranton, PA.
What business wants to be harassed by commies in and out of government. They saw the handwriting on the wall.
Unfortunately ny is a union state and nyc a union town. Made no sense for Amazon to pick NY. They saw the light and changed their mind very quickly.
Amazon would have generated 27 billion in tax revenue, a nine fold return on the tax credits, yet Mayor Wilhelm still thinks Amazon is at fault.
What a dope.
I think one of the reasons for cancelation is Amazon had time to see the gene pool from which their employees would emerge. Not enough IQ points to get the jobs done at the level they needed.
Maybe. But anyone that would even consider setting up shop in New York today - knowing the situation - demonstrates a reckless disregard for his money. Very poor judgment to get that close to a bad deal.
Bezos was lucky to get away after breathing oxygen on the devil.
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