The Partnership to Beg Bezos
With a vibrant national economy, why is New York still pleading for an Amazon location?
Amazon’s February decision to abandon a planned expansion in New York City underlined the hostile business climate in the Empire State. A new campaign to beg the Internet giant to reconsider suggests New York is in worse shape than advertised. Amid an historic abundance of American jobs, why would the country's largest market need a campaign to create them?
After Seattle-based Amazon nixed its planned second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio suggested that a weak and foolish company...