LIC's City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer and State Senator Michael Gianaris, both white, saw what happened in neighboring CD14 when AOC beat Joe Crowley, who is white.
I believe their position against the deal was effected by crazy progressive, AOC's win.
Maloney definitely supported the move, but probably has to keep the peace for party unity; I don’t know if she’ll say anything publicly, but there is probably quiet moves to simply replace AOC in the next election - big money may just quietly be put behind a challenger.
As for Van Bramer and Gianaris, they (and anyone representing the district) could make the case for opposing Amazon; while many here focus on the jobs lost, there could have been disastrous consequences for people actually living there - they probably wouldn’t qualify for those jobs, and would probably be forced out of their housing (and unable to afford new housing built).