#DEAD ISLAND 2 AMAZON UPGRADE#

#DEAD ISLAND 2 AMAZON UPGRADE#

вЂњI donвЂ™t like that kind of politics.вЂњ She did, however, tell Curbed that she thought the corporate campus would be an upgrade for the area, and that she was hopeful the next plan for the land would lean business over residential. вЂњI didnвЂ™t like how they made the deal behind closed doors,вЂќ she said. Luxury goods manufacturer Ally Rosson, who is leaving her LIC manufacturing space this spring because her landlord was likely going to upgrade the building before AmazonвЂ™s arrival, said she was вЂњpissed as hellвЂќ about the tax breaks the company was getting. You can find other ways to create new jobs.вЂќ вЂњWe pay a lot of taxes in New York, you know that. вЂњ$3 billion in tax breaks was kind of a big, big deal,вЂќ Bardie Cunie told Curbed while waiting for the bus on his way back from work. Of course, not everyone was ready to roll out the red carpet of course. вЂњThe employees are gonna generate taxes on that end, itвЂ™s kind of a tradeoff.вЂќ As for whether there was anything that could have been done to save the deal, Evans said that the city could have вЂњopened our arms a bit more,вЂќ but also that Amazon could have been more interested in bargaining with area residents вЂњI think is sort of normal companies of that magnitude come into communities, they usually get some tax incentives,вЂќ Prince Evans, a Queens native who works in e-commerce, told Curbed. вЂњOne hand washes the other,вЂќ Jerome Hopkins, a Long Island City native, said about Amazon getting offered a cash grant, and being eligible for tax breaks in exchange for meeting certain hiring goals. And the tax breaks, while not ideal, вЂњshould have been a negotiating point, not a shut it down point.вЂќДЇor supporters of the project, the tax breaks that went into luring Amazon were just a fact of life. вЂњThere was ego involved because they werenвЂ™t included to begin with, so I think it was more political posturing,вЂќ she said. вЂњI think they were pennywise and pound foolish,вЂќ an employee at Citigroup, who asked for anonymity to avoid workplace retaliation, said as she left the Citi building, where Amazon was due to take over about 1 million square feet of space. вЂњThey didnвЂ™t take into account the future and how it should be built around this amazing neighborhood.вЂќДЇaterpekar wasnвЂ™t the only person who blamed politics for the end of the development. вЂњIt comes down to the political leadership around here,вЂќ he said. On Jackson Avenue near MOMA PS1, LIC resident Ninand Faterperkar, who was walking his dog, told Curbed the cityвЂ™s elected officials didnвЂ™t do enough to preserve the deal. вЂњDown by HunterвЂ™s Point, I saw those people complaining about it, No one from up here.вЂќ вЂњI didnвЂ™t see anyone up here against it,вЂќ she said, noting that she missed canvassers in the massive housing project last weekend.

вЂњI think it was a good idea to have that come out here so that people could get jobs,вЂќ she explained.

In a plaza at the Queensbridge Houses, just blocks from where a pro-Amazon press conference was held last Monday, resident Joan Jordan told Curbed she was ready to welcome Amazon. Plenty of neighborhood residents had opinions about AmazonвЂ™s decision, but true to form for a controversial development project, there was no one answer as to whether the planned corporate campus would have been worth the money, or what the best next step would be for the land that development would have occupied. With the sudden end of the Amazon era in New York, city and state politicians either pinned blame, took credit, or tried to figure out how the city once had a deal, and then didnвЂ™t have a deal, to be one-half of the tech giantвЂ™s new North American headquarters.Д«ut on the streets of western Queens the day after the companyвЂ™s sudden pull out, life went on as normal, as people walked their dogs, fixed their mopeds, and waited for the bus.

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