She did not drive them out. There was a huge mob that did not want them there. She just glommed on to them.
Apparently the location is surrounded by housing projects.
Amazon should have known better. They were surely going to be held-up for some form of reparations.
The city council made it clear the 25k jobs would be unionized. That had a lot to do with Bezo’s pulling out. Pretty hypocritical for a lefty
Amazon should have known better. They were surely going to be held-up for some form of reparations.
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I don’t believe Amazon was settled on New York finally and completely. They were still dangling the carrot. Still trying to glom another billion here, another billion there out of New York.
That’s what they do.
I don’t believe New York was their favorite and first choice. Amazon is a whore on sale to the highest bidder. New York wasn’t working out too well. And then that chick with the big teeth really screwed the pooch.
So Amazon blamed her and bailed out.
The mob wasn't that big. There were two local white politicians who were afraid of being Crowleed, so they helped organized protests.
Apparently the location is surrounded by housing projects. Amazon should have known better. They were surely going to be held-up for some form of reparations.
The location wasn't surrounded by housing projects. About six blocks to the north were the Queensbridge Housing project with a population of about 7,000. The rest of LIC vibrant is probably one the fasting growing areas in the country. The amount of construction there over the last four years would rival the downtown size of many medium sized cities.