Amazon cancels plan for headquarters in New York
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. - When Amazon.com launched its nationwide search for a location for a second headquarters last year, cities eagerly lined up, promising primo real estate and plush tax incentives.
But when the e-commerce giant chose the Long Island City neighborhood of New York's Queens borough as one of its new hubs, the reception was not nearly as welcoming.
Though some locals and politicians hailed the plan and the 25,000 new jobs it would bring, others questioned giving $3 billion in incentives to a company run by the world's richest man, Jeff Bezos, and asserted Amazon had not done enough to alleviate its impact on the city.
On Thursday, Amazon made clear that it had heard the outcry, and was in no mood to fight it, abruptly announcing it would abandon the
