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None of the incentives that you mention are in any way relevant to Amazon story since the incentives you mention are available to all businesses and thus are fa

• listenallyall 8y ago
  1200 million - NYS Excelsior Jobs Program https://esd.ny.gov/excelsior-jobs-program https://esd.ny.gov/excelsior-jobs-program 897 million - Relocation and Employment Assistance Program (REAP) https://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefits/business-reap.page https://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefits/business-reap.pag... 386 million - Industrial & Commercial Abatement Program (ICAP) https://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefits/benefits-industrial-and-commercial-abatement-program-icap.page https://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefits/benefits-industri... All of the above were available prior to Amazon's HQ2 search, and remain currently available for any company that fulfills the requirements. Go ahead and complain about the $500 million "capital grant" if you want, but $2.5 billion was taking advantage of existing, established, programs anyone can participate in. The only thing "corrupt" are the politicians who managed to convince people like yourself, who seem unable to perform a Google search, that LIC would be better off without this project. source for figures: https://ny.curbed.com/2018/11/16/18098589/amazon-hq2-nyc-queens-long-island-city-explained https://ny.curbed.com/2018/11/16/18098589/amazon-hq2-nyc-que...