The NYC-area news quashed this whole story very quickly - after running it as a top headline for months. Internal polling must have told them this was bad for the Dems and for Eeyore in particular - and they need her out there as the Pied Piper of stupid young unassimilated ethnics.
After interviewing residents and business owners the night of the decision (Valentine’s Day) - and most people, including opponents who must have thought Amazon was just going to “get right” and pay, were really downcast by the announcement - the story just disappeared altogether.
After Slaughtering 40,000 New Jobs, Progressive NIMBYs Are New York City’s Number One Enemy