Amazon’s sudden pullout from a deal to expand its second joint headquarters with New York was described by Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as “the greatest tragedy” that he had seen since he had been in government and by President Donald Trump as a “great loss for New York City.”
Amazon, which was due to name New York’s Long Island City as the location for part of its second headquarters, pulled out of the lucrative and much-anticipated deal on Valentine’s Day due to a lack of cooperation from local politicians, following months of political pressure from state Sen. Mike Gianaris and City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, along with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who accused the city of selling out to big corporations and misspending funds.
