New York City to Amazon: drop dead
by Erin Durkin in New York from Technology | The Guardian on (#42YTB)
In Queens, opponents of second HQ say building plans bypass elected officials, will rip off taxpayers and harm neighborhood
Politicians and advocates gathered in Queens on Wednesday to denounce a multibillion-dollar plan to bring a new Amazon headquarters to New York. One city councilman called the move "an assault on our democracy".
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