Amazon"s New York retreat heralds a new era of corporate welfare fights

Homebuying makes sense again in Brooklyn and Queens.&l…; Deals rose in the New York boroughs for the first time since 2017, with purchases in Brooklyn climbing 2.9% in the fourth quarter from a year... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Amazon's Bay Area presence, the company's largest outside Seattle with 7,000 employees, works primarily on Amazon Devices, Amazon Web Services and Alexa, the company said. New York, which has 2,000 employees, work on advertising, fashion and publishing......»»

Am… Inc.’s decision to abandon a second headquarters in New York City was supposed to herald a new, public backlash against corporate welfare. But behind closed doors, it’s business as usual in the... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Business development leaders in South Florida are insisting they won't be offering massive financial incentives to land Amazon's second headquarters. "We are not going to do that, and we don't thi.....»»

Amazon did not choose Nashville for its new second headquarters, which will go to New York and Northern Virginia, but Nashville will g.....»»

The drawn-out theater of Amazon's decision.....»»

When Amazon announced that half of its new corporate headquarters would be in Long Island City, it was revealed that the company also hit the jackpot with up to $3 billion in New York state and local... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Multiple protests in New York City called on lawmakers to back out of deal with Amazon for its Long Island City corporate offices......»»

Nashville's police union is blasting the city's plans to award up to $15 million in incentives for Amazon's new facility, calling it "corporate welfare.".....»»

The exploitation of workers is a fundamental part of Amazon’s business model and culture as a corporation. Yet defenders of the  deal to give Amazon $3 billion in public money to open a new corporate... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Amazon.com Inc. is seeking its first workers to staff the company’s new corporate campus in New York City. The retail-and-technology giant this month published two job postings, seeking a software... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Cities that were shunned in Amazon.com Inc's search for a secondary corporate headquarters are revisiting their bids in case one of the actual winners, New York City, rejects the corporate giant due to opposition from local politicians......»»

Cities that were shunned in Amazon.com's search for a secondary corporate headquarters are revisiting their bids in case New York City rejects the corporate giant due to opposition from local politicians and residents over tax breaks......»»

Amazon has informed New York that it is pulling out of its plans to build a corporate campus in Long Island City in the borough of Queens, N.Y., a project that promised billions of dollars in investment and at least 25,000 high-paying jobs......»»

Amazon’s announcement that it is ditching plans for a corporate headquarters in New York City stunned real-estate speculators, developers and renters who had rushed into the Long Island City neighborhood to be near the new HQ2......»»

Amazon's breakup with New York City is changing the already treacherous corporate subsidy game. Companies are becoming more careful about engaging with local community groups......»»

Amazon's breakup with New York City is changing the already treacherous corporate subsidy game. Companies are becoming more careful about engaging with local community groups......»»

Amazon's breakup with New York City is changing the already treacherous corporate subsidy game. Companies are becoming more careful about engaging with local community groups......»»

Amazon's breakup with New York City is changing the already treacherous corporate subsidy game. Companies are becoming more careful about engaging with local community groups......»»

A firebrand of a freshman congresswoman. Two career politicians who bulldozed local interests. And two others who harnessed fury over corporate welfare going to the world’s richest man. Amazon.com... To view the full story, click the title link......»»