Amazon made it official today, announcing it is canceling plans to build a headquarters campus in New York City because of local opposition.
Unfortunately, this is not good news for Newark: Amazon said in a blog post that it was not going to revisit its nationwide location search, but would move ahead with existing plans to expand in Arlington, Virginia and Nashville, Tennessee.
The State of New Jersey and Newark had put together a $7 billion package of incentives to attract the second headquarters and made the first cut of places for consideration. When Amazon’s New York move started facing pushback, some speculated that it could offer a Newark an opportunity to renew its bid.
As for the company’s decision on New York, it said, “We are disappointed to have reached this conclusion—we love New York, its incomparable dynamism, people, and culture—and particularly the community of Long Island City, where we have gotten to know so many optimistic, forward-leaning community leaders, small business owners, and residents.”
During its year-long HQ2 search, Amazon invited cities and states to present it with proposals for locating a second headquarters, which would bring 50,000 jobs and $5 billion in investments to the winner. The Washington Post reports that Amazon plans to put at least 25,000 jobs in Arlington and 5,000 in Nashville. New York was scheduled to get 25,000 jobs under the original announcement.
Morons/socialists from NYC blew it big time. Reap what you sow suckers. NYC will continue to be a dump and follow the San Fran model
Waiting for Give it away for free Murphy to give my company a billion dollars in incentives.
Haha, they’re better off moving to Virginia and even better, Nashville
Besides, New York City is an over-rated, rat infested sewer.
All of here in the Northeast better wake up! Like it or not, business is what drives our quality of life, not politicians. Speaking of politicians, how many millions did New York waste on attracting Amazon before deciding it really didn’t want them? If these idiots made this kind of mistake in the corporate world, they would be out the door. Next time, try a little advance market research!
Couple things here.. Amazon being one of the largest and most powerful company’s on earth should not expect, demand or need to be treated like a delicate flower that must have love and adoration to plant its’ tender roots. It is a mega-corp that should have steamrolled right over these whining locals like any other self respecting monolithic empire would have. So shame on them. But then you have these self important small time new york politicians that complain like they have their leg caught in a bear trap because their neighborhood is going have some extra traffic and higher rents as the area transforms into a thriving east coast tech hub bringing in billions of dollars and tens of thousands of high paying jobs. Do you hear yourself? Both sides are to blame and both sides are a disgrace. Let’s all grow up and make some g*d damn money together. Once in a lifetime opportunities squandered over pettiness, and pride.