Gothamist: Booted From Queens, Amazon Is Now Driving Up Rents In Virginia Instead
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Gothamist
The news amounts to a dose of vindication for New Yorkers who opposed the deal like Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and State Senator Mike Gianaris, both of whom were branded "jobs killers" in the aftermath.
Gianaris later told Gothamist, “There’s no question that the long term will prove that Long Island City did it right. You’re starting to see it. Tech is continuing to boom in New York even without Amazon.”
In other words, five months later, New York seems to be handling its breakup with Amazon just fine.
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