Facing opposition, Amazon reconsiders NY headquarters site, two officials say

Re:Facing opposition, Amazon reconsiders NY headquarters sit... by elamje on Friday February 08, 2019 @05:25PM (#19119274)

What services will cost more for the city? Public transportation will have a ridership subscription boost, property values will go up for local owners, service businesses will have ~25k more potential customers...

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Re:Facing opposition, Amazon reconsiders NY headquarters sit... by elamje on Friday February 08, 2019 @05:53PM (#19119451)

I understand your concern about pulling the numbers out of the air, but I think the commenter above made a stronger case for those numbers than you have with the "cost" numbers. Just a thought to consider

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Re:Facing opposition, Amazon reconsiders NY headquarters sit... by jowiar on Friday February 08, 2019 @06:45PM (#19119702)

For some cities 25k is a big deal. For NYC it’s rounding error.

NYC is big enough to have a healthy relationship with Amazon, and part of that is knowing is that you’re the seller, not the buyer.

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Re:Facing opposition, Amazon reconsiders NY headquarters sit... by drugme on Friday February 08, 2019 @07:02PM (#19119775)

For some cities 25k is a big deal. For NYC it’s rounding error.

The point is that the gain in revenue from income and property is being presented as basically just "free" money. It's not.

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Re:Facing opposition, Amazon reconsiders NY headquarters sit... by drugme on Friday February 08, 2019 @05:28PM (#19119293)

What services will cost more for the city?

The usual costs per new resident (that property taxes are normally earmarked for) perhaps?

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