Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus

Re:Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus by dsfyu404ed on Thursday February 14, 2019 @01:45PM (#19164594)

NYC by virtue of political clout gets to meddle in all sorts of issues that affect upstate and warp them for it's own benefit. This time the state cut a deal that NYC wasn't in on and NYC didn't like it but at the end of the day it's still getting what it wants.

Having self government on a local level but then getting constantly steamrolled by a state government that is dominated by some other city really sucks. NYC (and Boston, and Chicago, and a whole load of other cities that dominate their state government) should try it sometime.

On one hand I'm annoyed that an opportunity for part of NYC to feel what that's like was missed by this > < much.

On the other hand the deal that NYS cut with Amazon was a boondoggle load of crap that set a terrible precedent so I'm glad it's not happening.

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Re:Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus by untog on Thursday February 14, 2019 @01:49PM (#19164649)

I assure you, we know exactly what that is like when we watch things like MTA funds being reassigned to save upstate ski resorts. And gobs and gobs of money being spent on the East Side Access train tunnel, at the expense of our failing subway system.

New York State has plenty of control over things that matter to the city, and doesn't hesitate to prioritize state concerns.

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