agreed. the drive to squash this deal was mainly driven from <butt hurt> local politicians who were whining that they were cut out of the process.
At the end of the day, this city needs to curb its reliance on finance jobs. Adding 25k tech workers would be a major step forward to making NY more of a tech hub than it is today. Kicking out Amazon sends a message to other large companies who are thinking about NYC -- buyer beware.
while there is a low chance I would have worked there I was considering the potential reality of trying it out for a few months and see what their telework policy is (I am currently 99.5% remote)
I was excited about this. I think NYC is losing out in the long run on development/income/more transactions of all kinds which in general is good for the economy.
Having self government on a local level but then getting constantly steamrolled by a state government that is dominated by some other city really sucks. NYC (and Boston, and Chicago, and a whole load of other cities that dominate their state government) should try it sometime.
On one hand I'm annoyed that an opportunity for part of NYC to feel what that's like was missed by this > < much.
On the other hand the deal that NYS cut with Amazon was a boondoggle load of crap that set a terrible precedent so I'm glad it's not happening.
New York State has plenty of control over things that matter to the city, and doesn't hesitate to prioritize state concerns.
Is this 4chan now?
It's good when local politicians weigh in on local issues. Your comment is completely off the mark.
Why is NYC governed by Albany? Seems like it would explain a lot of the failings of NYC (eg. failing subway).