Re:NYC Open Letter to Jeff Bezos
by the_gastropod on Friday March 01, 2019 @10:47AM
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It would be public information if they did receive any tax incentives. As far as I understand, Google, Facebook, and Amazon's already existing 5,000 NYC jobs have been achieved the good old fashioned way, sans bribery.
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> It would be public information if they did receive any tax incentives.
Sure, if you dig for it. New York is notorious for burying records under obscure bureaucracy.
> As far as I understand, Google, Facebook, and Amazon's already existing 5,000 NYC jobs have been achieved the good old fashioned way, sans bribery.
Just because a reporter hasn't decided to go digging for evidence (and succeeded) doesn't mean these companies didn't get breaks and subsidies. There are programs that cover certain areas of Lower Manhattan, though generally south of 96th St. there are not many city incentives. The state incentives that Amazon qualified for in LIC they certainly already qualify for, at least in part, as do Facebook and Google.
Re:NYC Open Letter to Jeff Bezos
by the_gastropod on Friday March 01, 2019 @12:33PM
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We can't prove a negative. If you want to convince us that Google and Facebook were motivated to hire in NYC because of tax incentives, provide some evidence. Otherwise, I don't think it's a compelling point.
Re:NYC Open Letter to Jeff Bezos
by observer12 on Friday March 01, 2019 @05:35PM
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Google has a history of using shell companies to hide its tax breaks.