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$48,000 is the cost per job, not the cost per resident.

• qaq 8y ago
  It's not a cost though it's tax break over 10 years and there would be no tax revenue if NYC didn't get the office in the first place.
  • InclinedPlane 8y ago
    This is true, nobody in NYC pays taxes currently and nobody there has a job already.
    • qaq 8y ago
      At present there is N tax revenue With HQ2 there will be N+Y a portion of Y will be returned back to Amazon how is this exactly a cost for the city?
  • cglace 8y ago
    How do you know other companies wouldn't move in?
    • qaq 8y ago
      Did I ever claim others would not move in?
      • cglace 8y ago
        "and there would be no tax revenue if NYC didn't get the office in the first place."