LIC Business Owner Joins Growing Effort To Revive Scrapped Amazon Deal
A Queens business owner wants to rescue the Amazon deal. He met with a company executive, and now he has other plans he hopes will attract the tech giant.
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A Queens business owner wants to rescue the Amazon deal. He met with a company executive, and now he has other plans he hopes will attract the tech giant.
Cuomo said the project would've have brought in 25,000 jobs and $27 billion in revenues in exchange for $3 billion in incentives, and mocked those he said failed to understand it.
Reaction to Amazon's decision to pull the plug on a second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens has become just as divisive as the agreement itself.
Nancy Wu from StreetEasy tells how the real estate market will be affected now that Amazon headquarters will not be coming to New York.
The controversial Amazon deal is dead. The internet giant put a statement on its blog Thursday saying it will not put a second headquarters in Long Island City, and has no plans to look elsewhere.
Most realtors and businesses owner in Long Island City are in a state of shock over the end of the Amazon deal.
Aaron Elstein of Crains New York, calls Amazon's reversal of its NYC headquarters plan "an enormous surprise," expecting the retail giant to absorb the negative publicity and stay the course.
The day Amazon announced it's backing out of the deal to build a new headquarters in Queens, the governor blasted critics who he accused of short-sighted local politics.
The internet giant put a statement on its blog Thursday saying it will not pursue a second headquarters in Long Island City, and has no plans to look elsewhere.
The political opposition stems from the city's $2.8 billion in incentives promised to the trillion-dollar company. Local leaders are also concerned that the incoming jobs would be non-union.
Amazon is reconsidering its plan to open its second headquarters in Long Island City, according to a report in the Washington Post.
State Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris talks about his issues with the deal to let Amazon build their new headquarters in Long Island City.
Open warfare erupted in the state capital Tuesday over the controversial Amazon deal.
The Seattle-based tech firm continues to push for community support.
Officials from Seattle who lived through the impact of a new Amazon headquarters were in midtown Monday to clue New Yorkers in on the good, the bad and the ugly.
Rocco the parrot was caught using Amazon's Alexa voice assist to shop online while his owner was away.
The New York City Council is holding the first of three planned hearings Wednesday to discuss Amazon's decision to build part of its second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens.
Robbinsville spokesperson John Nalbone said a can of bear repellent fell off a shelf at the facility and dispersed.
The Council will hold three hearings to question both city officials and company executives about the closed-door negotiations that led up to Amazon's decision.
Community leaders held a rally Wednesday in Queens, protesting Amazon's decision to bring part of its second headquarters to Long Island City.
The tech giant says the move will bring more than 25,000 jobs to Queens, but not all New Yorkers are happy about the decision in an already crowded city.
Whether you've bought shoes at Zappos, picked up milk at Whole Foods or listened to an audiobook on Audible, you've been caught up in Amazon's growing web of businesses.
Historians in Seattle say Long Island City, New York and Arlington, Virginia can expect a delicate relationship with the world's hottest online retailer.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Amazon has chosen New York City as one location for its new headquarters.
Amazon may not be the only corporate giant considering expanding in our area. Watch out Silicon Valley -- Google may quietly be searching for property in the Big Apple.
