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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) isn’t as vocal as she was earlier this year. The impeachment circus that has engulfed the Hill hasn’t really shined a spotlight on her. I mean she’s not on any of the committee overseeing this North Korean kangaroo court. Yet, she decided to jump back into the spotlight with this nonsensical thread about Amazon. I mean you cannot make this up. She’s doing a victory lap because Amazon decided to open up a smaller field office that will only create a fraction of the jobs initially projected when the e-commerce giant first pitched their plan to set up shop in New York City. Ocasio-Cortez, as you remember, took a victory lap when they pulled out (via WSJ):
Me waiting on the haters to apologize after we were proven right on Amazon and saved the public billions https://t.co/AC64pG0nZIpic.twitter.com/xzCepkX4AV
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 6, 2019While we’re here, let’s clear up some GOP disinfo:
- “It’s 1500 jobs vs 25,000”: The 25,000 jobs figure was a 10-20 year fantasy # from Amazon, not a promise or agreement. In exchange for that lack of commitment, they wanted billions of public $. Their Y1 jobs projection was 700.
Apparently AOC stands for Amazon Online Customer. Before freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez celebrated scaring away the online retail giant, she spent thousands on the site. Ocasio-Cortez, who has been extraordinarily negative towards Amazon, which has promised 25,000 jobs and over $27.5 billion in tax revenue in 25 years, tweeted that 'everyday people' can. Some Democrats are criticizing Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for her role in Amazon's decision to cancel plans for a huge investment in New York; Do. Freshman lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was slammed by the majority of voters in her district who told pollsters she was wrong for driving away Amazon and its promised 25,000 highly paid job.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 7, 2019The problem for business is that stories of huge corporate welfare gives the likes of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez all the fodder she needs to demand government spoils for her voters.
- “It’s in Manhattan, not Queens”: If you live in NYC, you would know people commute to work. Amazon would not have paid taxes for many, many years and not contribute to fixing our crumbling subway system. So lots of added strain, no benefit.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 7, 2019- Also, and very importantly, these jobs are for FREE. The public was going to pay $3 billion in public subsidies & millions in hard cash building Amazon’s campus for them- NYC residents were subsidizing Amazon tons per job. Now they‘re bringing work without the welfare.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 7, 2019Amazon. com Inc. and Facebook Inc. are loading up on new office space in New York City, helping fuel an expansion of tech companies that is remaking a swath of Manhattan less than a year after Amazon dropped plans to build its second headquarters in the city.
The giant online retailer said it has signed a new lease for 335,000 square feet on Manhattan’s west side in the new Hudson Yards neighborhood, where it will have more than 1,500 employees. The new lease represents Amazon’s largest expansion in New York since the company stunned the city by abandoning plans to locate its second headquarters in the Queens neighborhood of Long Island City.
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For Amazon, the new lease and accompanying jobs come in a manner that couldn’t be more different from its earlier dealings in New York. Amazon said it is taking the space—in a property being redeveloped at 410 Tenth Avenue—without any special tax credits or other inducements like those it had been offered previously. And this time, the company ran no cross-country tournament, in which some cities felt they were being played against each other in the contest last year for what Amazon termed its “HQ2” site and the jobs it would bring.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, both Democrats, had courted Amazon—and the company’s pledge to create 25,000 new jobs—by offering up to $3 billion in financial incentives. Amazon canceled its plans for the project after facing a backlash from some politicians and activists over the package offered to the company.
After the Journal reported on Amazon’s new lease, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.), a vocal critic of the HQ2 effort who represents neighborhoods near the proposed site, tweeted, “Won’t you look at that: Amazon is coming to NYC anyway - *without* requiring the public to finance shady deals, helipad handouts for Jeff Bezos, & corporate giveaways.”
Basic math was invented by my political opponents in an effort to discredit me. https://t.co/zEDV6Trcbz
— The Partyman (@PartymanRandy) December 7, 2019wtf does Y1 have to do with it?
You cost NYC billions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs
So you admit that the projected jobs was cut off and billions of projected revenue is gone?
Stop acting like you helped anything
The Hudson Yard office isn't even the same thing https://t.co/6svfIpH90E
You .... lecturing others about 'disinfo' by passing off disinfo. LOLOLOL. https://t.co/dPW7UH0xU2
— Sister Delecto Toldjah ?? (@sistertoldjah) December 7, 2019'Those jobs weren't gonna happen anyway' sure is a rebuttal. https://t.co/XTR6XJBRmn
— neontaster (@neontaster) December 7, 2019Lets clear up some @AOC disinfo:
Those billions in tax credits ONLY came to fruition if Amazon met the specific goals set forward by Gov Cuomo and NYC:https://t.co/KTvqgvb65Fhttps://t.co/7O5eaLrmVg
“GOP disinfo:” The Democratic Governor of your state said your anti-Amazon agitation cost New York “25,000 to 40,000 good paying jobs” and “nearly $30 billion in new revenue.” https://t.co/rJiyCx8Pd1https://t.co/PQQMtNB7lR
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) December 7, 2019It's incredible how dumb your followers are and how they're praising you for this.
Amazon was initially offering 25,000 jobs in YOUR DISTRICT to now only offering 1,500 jobs OUTSIDE your district.
Meaning you caused 94% job loss in NYC.
You know there’s that saying that everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Like any liberal Democrat, AOC tried to pass this off as if she were a job creator, along with some working-class hero defender or something. And if this is a model for Democratic job creation, then please—hide this from the public. Is 1,500 equal to or greater than…25,000? AOC still cost the city jobs. This move by Amazon isn’t even comparable. Oh, and she had a little fact check in her thread, saying that the 25,000-job figure was fantasy or something. Right, that’s the default position for any politician who is called out for peddling total idiocy. AOC once again proves she’s economically illiterate, just like the rest of her squad. Thanks to our friends at Twitchy for finding this gem.
Dems Mute NY Lawmaker's Mic After He Introduces Motion to Subpoena the Health CommissionerOh, and Republicans have been having fun at AOC's photo as well.
Me waiting for the Senate to confirm another judge
2 more circuit court judges next week ?????????? https://t.co/cejWd6WwHdpic.twitter.com/KuOK4lJm7k
Amazon cancels plans for New York City HQ, deals blow to Gov. Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo lambasted politicians such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others over Amazon's decision to leave New York City. Opponents of the deal with the tech giant had 'put their own narrow political interests above their community,' he said.
'[A] small group [of] politicians put their own narrow political interests above their community -- which poll after poll showed overwhelmingly supported bringing Amazon to Long Island City -- the state's economic future and the best interests of the people of this state,' Cuomo said in the statement, which did not mention Ocasio-Cortez or other lawmakers by name. 'The New York State Senate has done tremendous damage. They should be held accountable for this lost economic opportunity.'
In the statement issued by his office, Gov. Cuomo mentioned that Amazon chose the Empire State because it is 'the capital of the world and the best place to do business,' adding that missing out on Amazon is a lost opportunity to diversify 'our economy away from real estate and Wall Street.'
Cuomo also said New York lost out on an opportunity to further cement its status 'as an emerging center for tech and was an extraordinary economic win not just for Queens and New York City, but for the entire region, from Long Island to Albany's nanotech center.'
The governor ended the statement saying that New York's business climate remains and it would not be 'deterred as we continue to attract world class business to communities across New York State.'
Cuomo's statement is seemingly at odds with Mayor Bill de Blasio's comments on the issue, which seemed to put the onus on the Jeff Bezos-led company and not lawmakers who bemoaned the deal the two had helped usher in.
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'You have to be tough to make it in New York City. We gave Amazon the opportunity to be a good neighbor and do business in the greatest city in the world,' de Blasio said in the statement. 'Instead of working with the community, Amazon threw away that opportunity. We have the best talent in the world and every day we are growing a stronger and fairer economy for everyone. If Amazon can’t recognize what that’s worth, its competitors will.”
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Cuomo and de Blasio were largely responsible for helping bring Amazon to New York, a deal that would have seen 25,000 jobs, paying approximately $150,000 per year, enter Long Island City.
Amazon, based in Seattle, would have also occupied 8 million square feet of office space in Long Island City as part of its investment announced last November and would have generated 'incremental tax revenue of more than $10 billion over the next 20 years as a result of Amazon’s investment and job creation.'
In response to the news, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, a self-described democratic socialist, tweeted that 'anything is possible,' taking a victory lap upon hearing the news.
Separately, the United Food and Commercial Workers union, which represents a number of New York-based Amazon workers, lambasted Amazon for its decision, which would have received a slew of city and state tax breaks and subsidies worth up to $3 billion in exchange for the jobs and investment.
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'Amazon showed its true colors today and every American should be outraged,' the union said in the statement. 'Jeff Bezos had the opportunity to listen to the voices of working families and support the good-paying jobs New Yorkers deserve. But now we can see this is all about blind greed and Jeff Bezos' belief that everyday taxpayers should foot the bill for their new headquarters even as the company actively works to eliminate millions of American retail jobs.'
In a statement issued on Thursday, Amazon cited the lack of cooperation from certain elected officials as part of its reason to leave New York.
'For Amazon, the commitment to build a new headquarters requires positive, collaborative relationships with state and local elected officials who will be supportive over the long-term,' Amazon said in its statement.
The company added that while 70 percent of New Yorkers supported the company's plans, 'a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward with the project we and many others envisioned in Long Island City.'
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According to a December Quinnipiac University poll, 57 percent of New York City residents supported Amazon’s arrival in the region, compared to just 26 percent who opposed the deal, Fox Business previously reported.
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Fox News' James Rogers and Tamara Gitt contributed to this story.