Accurate. As an Amazon employee living in NYC last year I paid 14k in state taxes to NY state and almost 8k in local taxes to NYC. Just on income tax alone tha

Accurate. As an Amazon employee living in NYC last year I paid 14k in state taxes to NY state and almost 8k in local taxes to NYC. Just on income tax alone that covers the $6k and that's not considering side effect impacts I have on city income in the form of paying my rent and paying local businesses which generates even more tax income. Now of course this is all dependent on the fact that I wouldn't be generating any money for the city if it wasn't for Amazon which isn't true. I'd still have a job, it just might not pay quite as well as working for Amazon, but I'd still be contributing income tax. Overall though from what I can tell NYC is getting a good deal and will end up with more money despite the tax breaks.