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AOC represents one district in Queens, not Manhattan or the entire city of New York. Her constituents do not benefit from Amazon relocating to Manhattan's West
by listenallyall 3y ago
AOC represents one district in Queens, not Manhattan or the entire city of New York. Her constituents do not benefit from Amazon relocating to Manhattan's West Side. Hudson Yards, where Amazon has rented space, received $6 billion in tax incentives, double the HQ2 package.
Further, most of the incentive programs that comprised Amazon's HQ2 package were pre-existing programs available to anyone, led by $1.2 billion from Excelsior Jobs, $897 million from REAP, both of which are still active programs open to any company meeting their requirements.
https://esd.ny.gov/excelsior-jobs-program https://esd.ny.gov/excelsior-jobs-program
https://www.nyc.gov/site/finance/business/business-reap.page https://www.nyc.gov/site/finance/business/business-reap.page