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Title: Gov. Cuomo frantically working behind the scenes to woo back Amazon
Post by: mystery-ak on March 01, 2019, 04:04:05 pm: March 1, 2019
Gov. Cuomo frantically working behind the scenes to woo back Amazon
By Rick Moran

Amazon, Inc. was forced to withdraw its bid to locate a second headquarters facility in New York City two weeks ago, but New York state and city political leadership hasn't forgotten them.

Governor Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio, major unions, and businesses have all begun a fierce lobbying campaign to woo Amazon back to the city. The governor has been active, talking to Amazon executives including CEO Jeff Bezos, about a new location The original deal was cancelled when radical socialist politicians like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez objected to the tax breaks being given away to convince Amazon to choose New York City.

The reason for the campaign to bring Amazon back? It's all about the Benjamins.

Washington Free Beacon:

In an attempt to save the Amazon plan, Cuomo has spent the last two weeks privately talking with Amazon executives, including Bezos, two people with knowledge of the conversations told the New York Times. While Cuomo did not offer a new location for the HQ2 plan, he did guarantee the executives that there would be support for the plan, according to one of the Times sources. In addition Cuomo's efforts to save the plan, an open letter is being arranged for publication in the Times on Friday, the newspaper reported.

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Title: Re: Gov. Cuomo frantically working behind the scenes to woo back Amazon
Post by: IsailedawayfromFR on March 01, 2019, 05:52:32 pm: Cuomo is a poor deal maker as he will now have to give up even more than he bargained for originally.
Title: Re: Gov. Cuomo frantically working behind the scenes to woo back Amazon
Post by: jmyrlefuller on March 01, 2019, 05:54:37 pm: Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on March 01, 2019, 05:52:32 pm
Cuomo is a poor deal maker as he will now have to give up even more than he bargained for originally.
And Bezos will probably still say no.
Title: Re: Gov. Cuomo frantically working behind the scenes to woo back Amazon
Post by: Applewood on March 01, 2019, 06:08:14 pm: Too bad, so sad. Cuomo and the rest should not have let that chippy AOC and her accomplices drive Amazon away. Where were they when all this went down?
Title: Re: Gov. Cuomo frantically working behind the scenes to woo back Amazon
Post by: To-Whose-Benefit? on March 01, 2019, 07:26:59 pm: Strategic planning like we used to see the bad guys get defeated weekly with on The A Team.
Title: Re: Gov. Cuomo frantically working behind the scenes to woo back Amazon
Post by: To-Whose-Benefit? on March 01, 2019, 07:33:02 pm: Actually funny to see Petty Tyrants like these get told by a guy who afford it to go bleep themselves.