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HQ2 has to work for Queens, not just Amazon,” City Council member Jimmy Van Bramer said in a statement to Curbed. “We already have an infrastructure deficit in LIC. We must ask how such a complex would impact the people who live in the surrounding neighborhoods. This isn’t a done deal. The local community must be heard here.
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NIMBY NYC pols are already trying to make things difficult. You really have wonder why Amazon would consider NYC at all. They thought liberal high tax Seattle was bad, they haven't seen anything yet.
Wait till the "community" and their pandering politicians start making all types of demands, like hiring this percentage of minorities, that percentage of women, this percentage of residents from this community or that community, this number of union contractors, etc.