New York Times: Amazon Has a New Strategy to Sway Skeptics in New York

Mr. Gianaris said Amazon’s fliers, some of which urged residents to call him, did not have the desired effect. Of the calls he received after the first one went out in mid-January, he said, 42 were against the deal, and 38 for it.

He created a mailer of his own, borrowing imagery from Amazon’s flier. “Get your logo off our landmarks!” reads one message, pointing to Amazon’s use of its smile, which the company had laid over an image of the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.

“It’s crazy that Amazon is spending so much of its money to convince people it’s entitled to take even more of their money,” said Mr. Gianaris, the second-highest ranking member of the Democratic majority in the State Senate. “As for the governor, of course we can pass a law to stop the deal. Is he suggesting he will sign such a law if we pass it?”

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