What is progress? How do you measure progress? Many politicians claim that the past decade was progress. I don't see it.

>> 2) The city-level incentives are available to any business. State-level incentives (I think 300m) are not.

Any business? I bet that the average entrepreneur living in NYC would disagree.

>> 3) Amazon has pledged to invest in the local community as part of the deal. There are plans for an elementary school and tech education center.

Of course, because Amazon is such a generous corporation. Just ask politicians in Washington; they've also witnessed that incredible generosity first hand on many occasions.

>> 4) The NYC tech sector is more diverse than SV. 47% of tech workers in NYC are immigrants [0]. Is there any evidence supporting the claim that Amazon will ship in majority groups to displace minorities or immigrants?

This will affect real estate prices and will displace people who are living there right now who can already barely afford it.

>> 5) There is direct investment in tech education for minority groups in the city [1]. Therefore it is reasonable to assume that they will receive a chunk of these jobs in the future. If you support increased diversity in tech, it is inconsistent in your beliefs to not support 25k more tech jobs in NYC.

I don't buy these benevolent corporation arguments. Even if you assume that Jeff Bezos was a saint, I'm pretty sure that the many layers of selfish or apathetic middle-managers working under him will find a way to divert much of the funds back to themselves somehow.

>> 6) LIC built almost 2.8k rental units last year. [2] I think they have built 6k this year so far. 28k units were built city-wide last year [3]

Great in theory; but in practice, NYC is full of homeless people.