Did New York Lose Anything with Amazon’s Rejection? It’s Complicated

Re:Did New York Lose Anything with Amazon’s Rejection? It’s ... by bogomipz on Friday February 15, 2019 @10:44AM (#19171777)

>"Now New York has even more of a reputation for corruption by making it clear they won't uphold the terms of deals they make."

First of all New York didn't rescind the terms of any agreement. Amazon made the decision not to go forward.

Second Governor Cuomo pursued the deal as a "General Project Plan", this is a state process that circumvents a local approval process that would involve the city council and any community input. If there's any "corruption" here it was in the way this thing was pursued from the outset.

So no, not "ironic" at all.

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Re:Did New York Lose Anything with Amazon’s Rejection? It’s ... by repsilat on Friday February 15, 2019 @11:31AM (#19172183)

> New York didn't rescind the terms of any agreement. Amazon made the decision not to go forward.

The State Senate put Michael Gianiaris in a position to veto it. Gianiaris called the deal "unacceptable." He said "If their view is we want your $3 billion or we're leaving, maybe they should leave." He said he wanted to renegotiate the deal from scratch.

Maybe that was just his opening position, and maybe he would have softened up once in a meeting room, but if I were in Amazon's shoes I wouldn't expect to get what I'd been offered, and I'd be pretty worried about getting mugged after setting up shop too.

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Re:Did New York Lose Anything with Amazon’s Rejection? It’s ... by bogomipz on Friday February 15, 2019 @12:54PM (#19173040)

None of which is at all the same as what you stated - that New York "was making it clear they won't uphold the terms of deals they make."

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