Re:Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus
by deelowe on Thursday February 14, 2019 @12:03PM
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Yes it does. It's extremely common for businesses to be offered incentives like this. They are usually bounded in a way to ensure it's beneficial to the city. The ones I've seen are requiring a certain number of headcount be maintained over a specific duration, a certain amount in salary be paid out over a specific period of time, and certain infrastructure be installed within a certain period. If these obligations aren't met, then the company is required to pay back the incentives plus penalties.
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Re:Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus
by josefresco on Thursday February 14, 2019 @12:07PM
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Except this: https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-wisconsin-foxconn...
Maybe an extreme example of a "bad deal" but these aren't always a slam dunk, and some of the math to justify (especially sports stadiums) can be a bit iffy.
Re:Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus
by throwaway2048 on Thursday February 14, 2019 @01:49PM
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even if that is true (which it isn't) the HQ2 deal had no conditions like that attached.