Per this poll from 2 days ago, 69% of the public approves of HQ2 coming to NY, with support across all demographic groups.

https://harrisx.com/2019/02/new-poll-shows-overwhelming-supp... ------

Other key findings from the poll include:

    85% of New York voters believe that its very or somewhat likely that Amazon’s HQ2 will create good jobs for New Yorkers and Queens residents
    77% of New York voters believe that its very or somewhat likely that Amazon’s HQ2 will improve the economy of New York City
    70% of New York voters believe that its very or somewhat likely that Amazon’s HQ2 will raise New York City property values
    68% of New York voters believe that its very or somewhat likely that Amazon’s HQ2 will help make New York City an East Coast tech hub
    58% of New York voters believe that its very or somewhat likely that Amazon’s HQ2 will raise the tax revenues New York needs for education, transportation, and other vital services
    55% of New York voters believe that its very or somewhat likely that Amazon’s HQ2 will create new opportunities for local and small businesses

>commissioned by Amazon

This is not helping your case. The point the parent poster is making is that the WaPo is funded by Amazon money. Citing another Amazon funded source doesn't add any credibility.

Sure, but HarrisX is well-known. Their full data is available there for download. I don't think it should be written off just because it was commissioned by Amazon.

Because it is, these same politicians are the ones who created the tax breaks that amazon later decided to take advantage of. These are also the same politicians that in the past year designated the same area Amazon is going to be located in as an opportunity zone.

There is a desperation from NYC urban planners for LIC to be the backbone of future growth for the city, people are only upset about this because it's tied to the big name rather than the thousands of other small actions that have been done to try and bring life to LIC.