https://esd.ny.gov/excelsior-jobs-program
897 million - Relocation and Employment Assistance Program (REAP)
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefits/business-reap.pag...
386 million - Industrial & Commercial Abatement Program (ICAP)
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefits/benefits-industri...
All of the above were available prior to Amazon's HQ2 search, and remain currently available for any company that fulfills the requirements. Go ahead and complain about the $500 million "capital grant" if you want, but $2.5 billion was taking advantage of existing, established, programs anyone can participate in. The only thing "corrupt" are the politicians who managed to convince people like yourself, who seem unable to perform a Google search, that LIC would be better off without this project.
source for figures: https://ny.curbed.com/2018/11/16/18098589/amazon-hq2-nyc-que...