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Remember, this is not a NIMBY thing. Amazon remains absolutely free to open a headquarters in the greatest city in the world. They are choosing not to because we're refusing to bribe them to do it.
— David Klion (@DavidKlion) February 14, 2019
Wow. Really surprised to see this. But as both a staunch advocate of our tech community and a person who cares deeply about what we invest in as a city, I wish this entire process had been more transparent and engaged affected communities right from the start. https://t.co/aLA2Wmv7k4
— Anil Dash ? (@anildash) February 14, 2019
Amazon just cancelled its plans to build in NYC! Idiot local politicians had demanded Amazon unionize.
— John Stossel (@JohnStossel) February 14, 2019
Their objection to tax breaks for Amazon have more merit. On several issues, Amazon lobbies government for its own benefit: pic.twitter.com/70I3QNNI26
After killing Amazon's NYC HQ, not sure some progressive democrats deserve either title. This move was both anti-progress (negative for development and tech jobs) and anti-democratic (polls show 70% of NYers were in favor). Victory lap for them, not for NYC. #AmazonHQ2
— Lloyd Blankfein (@lloydblankfein) February 14, 2019
roses are red
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) February 14, 2019
violets are blue
hope you didn't buy a condo in queens
ahead of HQ2https://t.co/lt1p7gdezW
De Blasio jumped ship at the last moment and aligned himself with Amazon's critics, blaming the company for being unreasonable in its dealings with NYC. https://t.co/Wc4MoJHeb8
— Peter Sterne (@petersterne) February 14, 2019
But Cuomo blames the Senate Dems for scaring Amazon away. https://t.co/zGldrgare1
Somebody at Amazon must've finally rode a subway
— Alex Fitzpatrick (@AlexJamesFitz) February 14, 2019
This kind of economic development, pitting one community against another, is one of the more sickening aspects of latter-day American capitalism. Amazon still managed to kick this abusive competition up several nauseating notches.
— Chris O'Brien (@obrien) February 14, 2019
Story is updating here.
— J. David Goodman (@jdavidgoodman) February 14, 2019
Amazon met with the governor and mayor of New York on Monday, and with union leaders in recent days, but they could not come to a path for the company to come to New York. https://t.co/9qVerJxQKM
2030: cities all over the globe compete and even offer money for the privilege of not hosting the next Amazon HQ or being run by Google’s Sidewalk Labs.
— Evgeny Morozov (@evgenymorozov) November 14, 2018
Amazon: "While polls show that 70% of New Yorkers support our plans and investment, a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward" pic.twitter.com/cF88Cegihv
— Dan Linden (@DanLinden) February 14, 2019
No wonder they took down the listings so quickly https://t.co/apA9Iusasj
— Ari Levy (@levynews) February 14, 2019
Why I'm Leaving New York, by Jeff Bezos
— Jackson McHenry (@McHenryJD) February 14, 2019
The city of hustlers got hustled when the world’s richest man got the world’s greatest city to pay him to do what millions do for free: be here.
— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) February 14, 2019
Hustle’s over.
Here was my @NewYorker essay in which @AOC made the case against Amazon’s billionaire handout. https://t.co/uxxs9vHmlD pic.twitter.com/aTqTQH7Cl8
Amazon take: Bezos wants juristiction he can push around. He found that in Cuomo/diblasio. Locals with less to gain/more to lose wanted assurance that Amazon wasn't going to leach the area. Clearly Amazon was not willing to fight that battle. Tons of other places will capitulate
— Seth Weintraub (@llsethj) February 14, 2019
Expect blowback against Amazon, for what many will interpret as a hugely profitably company basically saying to the entire country, if you question our (secretly negotiated) taxpayer financed deals, we won’t invest in your communities.
— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) February 14, 2019
Is it bad news that Amazon has decided not to grow in Queens? As someone who was raised in Queens, I think it's not bad news. https://t.co/H6cfWdw5q9
— scripting.com (@davewiner) February 14, 2019
Sorry, what is HQ2? That funny quiz app? https://t.co/PXSVc6Exv7
— Dan Frommer (@fromedome) February 14, 2019
Today, New York lost:
— Kyle Yuan (@kylecyuan) February 15, 2019
- $27.5 bn. in tax revenue
- $2.5bn. in investment
- $5 million in workforce development
- 25,000 high-paying jobs (up to 40,000)
- 1,300 construction jobs
- 107,000 direct/indirect jobs
- Amazon HQ Incubator
"Men lie, women lie, numbers don't"-Jay-Z
Really disappointed this wasn't posted on Medium and titled No Thank You Mr. Cuomo.https://t.co/orYTMppuSz
— Ryan Mac (@RMac18) February 14, 2019
AMAZON CANCELS PLAN TO COME TO NEW YORK
— J. David Goodman (@jdavidgoodman) February 14, 2019
"After much thought and deliberation, we’ve decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for Amazon in Long Island City, Queens" - Amazon spokeswoman Jodi Seth
This is a calculated move on Amazon's part. It paints its critics—unions, democratic lawmakers, activists—as job killers. But right there in its statement, the company admits that it's going to continue to expand in NYC even without "HQ2" #AmazonHQ2 https://t.co/aFKNV1MqJN
— Louise Matsakis (@lmatsakis) February 14, 2019
Plenty of companies (even large ones) move to NYC without needing an unprecedented $3b tax giveaway that isn’t extended to other local business owners - just look at Google, for example.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 14, 2019
Deals have to be fair. This is what happens when they’re not:https://t.co/Ce9gVb7jg8
There are already 5,000 employees here, and they'll continue to grow the teams. I think this is overblown by both sides. NYC and Amazon's relationship will continue to grow. This take is probably right https://t.co/n9W3ez1yku
— Mike Dudas (@mdudas) February 14, 2019
candrew, uh.... aoumo?
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) February 14, 2019
Wow it’s almost like it was never a real headquarters to begin with and just a creative way of getting billions of dollars in tax incentives https://t.co/TtQ8cpRI7m
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) February 14, 2019
Amazon HQ2 is the most incredible fake news story of our time. First it bated all these cities to compete, then “HQ2" turned out not to be 1 magnificent campus in a city that really needs jobs but just two corporate sites in NYC and DC, and now it’s not even coming to NYC!
— Venessa Wong (@venessawwong) February 14, 2019
So are we back to HQ1.5?
— Jessica Lessin (@Jessicalessin) February 14, 2019
Way to go, New York. Dumbest and most self-defeating whining ever. https://t.co/iZyES6xAUm
— Henry Blodget (@hblodget) February 14, 2019
I have never related more to Jeff Bezos now that he has flaked out on a promise to go to Queens
— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) February 14, 2019
We just put the goddamn dick pic extortion letter to bed, and now this?
— Tim Carmody (@tcarmody) February 14, 2019
Amazon, always dropping news on a Thursday
Our statement on Amazon’s decision to withdraw its #HQ2 from New York: pic.twitter.com/n0ehJh8NDJ
— Tech:NYC (@TechNYC) February 14, 2019
good thing cuomo didn't change his name! https://t.co/XkFdYyZXNm
— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) February 14, 2019
Immunities kick in and NYC finds its testicles. This is good for NYC, and America. Billionaires should not have their hand(s) out.
— Scott Galloway (@profgalloway) February 14, 2019
Can't wait for Amazon to continue to quietly rent office space in NYC like literally every other large company
— Alex Konrad (@alexrkonrad) February 14, 2019
I was at the rally in Long Island City, Queens moments ago where city councilman Jimmy Van Bramer proudly announced his group’s victory over Amazon’s now-axed plans for HQ2. Crowd was yelling “Jimmy, WHAT ABOUT THE JOBS?” pic.twitter.com/PgmnAlmGRo
— Alex Heath (@alexeheath) February 14, 2019
Organizing gets the goods. Congratulations to all who made this happen. https://t.co/szEMJZ4vTe
— Beyonce's New Best Friend (@prisonculture) February 14, 2019
In one scenario, the city and state forewent $3 billion tax revenue from Amazon and got a headquarters with 25,000 tax paying workers. In another, now reality, the city and state forewent $3 billion in tax revenue from Amazon and did not get 25,000 tax paying workers.
— Nicholas Carlson (@nichcarlson) February 14, 2019
It makes very little sense that a company felt in December that it needed 25,000 new positions in a single location and, two months later, it doesn't.
— Dan Primack (@danprimack) February 14, 2019
alexa, close the door on your way out https://t.co/eOrcbakwEc
— David Mack (@davidmackau) February 14, 2019
When NYC politicians and activists started asking questions about the $3 billion in incentive loot for HQ2, Amazon decided to bail. Will now move forward with more pliant political figures in Nashville and Northern Virginia. https://t.co/sOg73VuFXP
— DHH (@dhh) February 14, 2019
Not a great day for the insider real estate prospectors! https://t.co/YTLw81ijr0
— Brian Barrett (@brbarrett) February 14, 2019
I actually put the blame of Amazon leaving squarely on @NYCMayor and @NYGovCuomo . They put together a back room deal without involving local residents or local on the ground politicians. Regardless, the city will do just fine without their “second HQ”.
— Shai (@shaig) February 14, 2019
hot take: Amazon should have treated HQ2 as a civic development project from the get-go and they should have chosen a second tier city in the first place https://t.co/ClbYnmhWww
— Christopher Mims ? (@mims) February 14, 2019
Every powerful company should take lesson from Amazon in NYC: "There will be no hero's welcome for technology giants no matter where they go."https://t.co/9TdZLjSIJo
— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) February 14, 2019
They won’t live in NY or pay taxes in NY? What are you talking about? NY just lost $25 billion in tax revenue. Do you have another plan that will create that kind of revenue to pay for our schools, roads, police and subways? https://t.co/SVobevGteY
— Andrew Ross Sorkin (@andrewrsorkin) February 14, 2019
Reminder that Google is buying approximately all the real estate in Manhattan south of 23rd street and it’s nbd https://t.co/w09c2CmYUg
— Peter Kafka (@pkafka) February 14, 2019
Queens just decided it does not need to fund Jeff Bezos’s hair plugs and Ferarri (Mid-life crisis).
— Scott Galloway (@profgalloway) February 14, 2019
I like that Amazon is bowing to the grammatical reality that you can't have two headquarters. https://t.co/Zb5Z4kEWep
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) February 14, 2019
Broken record here, but: given the stakes involved, it’s astounding how little proponents of Amazon HQ2 did to persuade skeptical New Yorkers that the project would bring broadly shared benefits to the city
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) February 14, 2019
ADIOS BITCH https://t.co/HIKHjFpfWE
— Hamilton Nolan (@hamiltonnolan) February 14, 2019
Poll of New Yorkers this week on the Amazon deal: 56% support, rising to 70% of African Americans and 81% of Latinos https://t.co/ihk2OqLWYe pic.twitter.com/WDgFkZOzgf
— Tom Gara (@tomgara) February 14, 2019
NEWS that wasn't clear in the release: Amazon will take 25K jobs that would have gone to Queens and spread them out over its other tech hubs across U.S. & Canada, including Manhattan. Still plans 25K for HQ2 in NoVa and 5K for ops center in Nashville.
— Karen Weise (@KYWeise) February 14, 2019
Most of the polling indicated NYC'ers wanted Amazon in NYC. When tax breaks were mentioned, support did fall. But even with it mentioned, support was very strong in Queens.
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) February 14, 2019
You have to be tough to make it in New York City. We gave Amazon the opportunity to be a good neighbor and do business in the greatest city in the world. Instead of working with the community, Amazon threw away that opportunity.
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) February 14, 2019
The key part of the statement is this. Amazon needs to be in NYC, will continue to be in NYC, they just won't be paid in corporate welfare for it. pic.twitter.com/Nb2V8aHbYk
— David Dayen (@ddayen) February 14, 2019
So many cities offered Amazon the farm and the farmer’s daughter just to get a sniff at HQ2, and they all got turned down. Was it always New York/DC or nothing? (I know there’s the Nashville thing but come on)
— Tim Carmody (@tcarmody) February 14, 2019
And Jeff Bezos continues his Michael Corleone baptism scene... https://t.co/MpMbSYfoO3
— M.G. Siegler (@mgsiegler) February 14, 2019
The debate over Amazon/NYC divides the left side of my Twitter feed like nothing else in recent times. It's a fascinating window on the internal debates about economic policy confronting the Democratic Party.
— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) February 14, 2019
This is about corporate citizenship, about labor, and about mayors and governors consulting with voters instead of unilaterally deciding what kind of business we're obligated to subsidize. This is a victory for democracy, period. This rules.
— David Klion (@DavidKlion) February 14, 2019
Amazon to New York on Valentine's Day: Let's just be friends https://t.co/pol7pSIo6P
— Nathan McDermott (@natemcdermott) February 14, 2019
Anything is possible: today was the day a group of dedicated, everyday New Yorkers & their neighbors defeated Amazon’s corporate greed, its worker exploitation, and the power of the richest man in the world. https://t.co/nyvm5vtH9k
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 14, 2019
Amazon cancels New York City HQ2 plans https://t.co/3ZoQlePLBj via @CNET
— James Caffrey (@cooljim198) February 15, 2019
あまりにも反対派の声が大きかったため、AmazonがニューヨークのロングアイランドにHQ2を設置する計画を白紙に戻した。代わりの場所を探す予定はなく、北バージニアとナッシュビルの計画だけ進めるとのこと。https://t.co/MMbXuUj5fr
— 今村咲 (@saki_imamura) February 14, 2019
First, union supporters fought to keep #Walmart out of NYC. Now, SMLR's Rebecca Kolins Givan @rkgwork tells @CNET union opposition likely played a role in the collapse of the #AmazonHQ2 deal. #Amazon #labor #unionhttps://t.co/o7PnqsZvr3
— Rutgers SMLR (@RU_SMLR) February 14, 2019
Amazon cancels New York City HQ2 plans https://t.co/vLaCKfsqLj
— Rich Castaldo ?? (@RNCastaldo) February 14, 2019
Amazon cancels New York City HQ2 plans https://t.co/94H8bx31ZW via @CNET
— Michael C. Khouw (@Michael_Khouw) February 14, 2019
Amazon learns a little about itself and America, leaves New York. Quite brilliant from @bhgreeley https://t.co/eHo9mZ8Ako via @FinancialTimes
— Ed Crooks (@Ed_Crooks) February 14, 2019
Amazon beats a retreat from the BIg Apple - a v funny sideways look from @bhgreeley https://t.co/v9bA8jOiSW via @FinancialTimes
— Lionel Barber (@lionelbarber) February 15, 2019
You won’t read a better piece on Amazon’s NYC U-turn today (and I say that as someone who’s just written a piece on Amazon’s NYC U-turn today) - via @bhgreeley https://t.co/j3RlynJRnU
— A Edgecliffe-Johnson (@Edgecliffe) February 14, 2019
Amazon learns a little about itself and America, leaves New York https://t.co/o63aGu394I
— Financial Times (@FT) February 14, 2019
They'll tell you to your face you can't act, you can't dance, you should go through the city's standard zoning process like everyone else. https://t.co/csphzp3vXj
— Aaron Back (@AaronBack) February 14, 2019
Here's @bhgreeley on Amazon, on New York, and on fantastic form https://t.co/sqMZhChaWd via @FinancialTimes
— Jemima Kelly (@jemimajoanna) February 14, 2019
Amazon learns a little about itself and America, leaves New York https://t.co/3wfuqL2aKL via @FinancialTimes
— Nick Hanauer (@NickHanauer) February 14, 2019
In this Alphaville article, @bhgreeley reflects on how difficult it is for Amazon (and for everybody else) to decide it's time to leave New York City. https://t.co/Yj6hyZXo5q
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) February 14, 2019
One of the greatest journalism gifts that quietly keeps giving is @FTAlphavillehttps://t.co/kKqLBesAa1
— Ranjan (@ranjanxroy) February 14, 2019
As a former New Yorker, I nearly wept with joy and recognition over this @FTAlphaville piece on Amazon's decision to drop Long Island City from its plans: https://t.co/XQ0dD5pg6k
— Robert Wright (@RKWinvisibleman) February 14, 2019
How do you know when to leave New York City? It's a big question. Especially if you’re Amazon. https://t.co/3G67s5SUfR by the inimitable @bhgreeley
— Izabella Kaminska (@izakaminska) February 14, 2019
This is funny https://t.co/7haQR3Zp2T
— Can “John” Duruk (@can) February 14, 2019
where @bhgreeley laments for a New York found, and then lost https://t.co/T0T9jfACk2 pic.twitter.com/Y7yvhwiEoB
— Jamie Powell (@ajb_powell) February 14, 2019
This is wicked good ?????? https://t.co/rhnWEswoMw via @FinancialTimes
— Sean Tuffy (@SMTuffy) February 14, 2019