I agree with this. As a software engineer from Queens I think Amazon moving in is great but the bidding process and subsidies that came out of it are upsetting.

I agree with this. As a software engineer from Queens I think Amazon moving in is great but the bidding process and subsidies that came out of it are upsetting. New York would have had no issues filling up that space without giving out handouts. (Google is expanding without any). It's especially sad to see because my father just spent 2 months (working >80hr weeks) and thousands of dollars to move his carpentry shop from Bushwick to LIC after getting priced out due to gentrification. Now it looks like he'll have to do it again soon because the city decided to give the richest company in the world a 325 million cash grant. (https://mobile.twitter.com/AnandWrites/status/1062374603232894976 https://mobile.twitter.com/AnandWrites/status/10623746032328...)