Open Letter from New York State Budget Director Robert Mujica Regarding Amazon

Re:Open Letter from New York State Budget Director Robert Mu... by hprotagonist on Saturday February 23, 2019 @06:07PM (#19236000)

foxconn made very similar promises in wisconsin. that worked out really poorly indeed.

GE made similar promises in boston. that’s worked out really poorly indeed.

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Re:Open Letter from New York State Budget Director Robert Mu... by thereisnospork on Saturday February 23, 2019 @06:33PM (#19236097)

And amazon's incentives were tied to the number of jobs and how much they paid.

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Re:Open Letter from New York State Budget Director Robert Mu... by hprotagonist on Saturday February 23, 2019 @06:34PM (#19236103)

so were GE’s.

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Re:Open Letter from New York State Budget Director Robert Mu... by thereisnospork on Saturday February 23, 2019 @06:51PM (#19236180)

So how did Boston get fleeced? (genuinely curious, not overly familiar with the GE situation.)

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Re:Open Letter from New York State Budget Director Robert Mu... by hprotagonist on Saturday February 23, 2019 @06:58PM (#19236199)

kind of a slow moving crap fest. They’re going to repay some tax breaks, at least in theory, but we’ve dropped 160mil into renovations for a site that probably will never happen.

https://www.universalhub.com/2019/ge-give-back-87-million-ta... , https://www.universalhub.com/ge has a long running chronology.

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