Orange County IDA Monitor Rejects Amazon Warehouse Tax Break

The tax break was for an Amazon warehouse of 3.2 million square feet to be built in Wawayanda.
Orange County IDA Monitor Rejects Amazon Warehouse Tax Break
An Amazon fulfillment center in Columbus, Ohio, on March 20, 2020. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
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WAWAYANDA, N.Y.—Orange County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) monitor Brian Sanvidge has canceled a tax break for the Amazon warehouse set to be built in the town of Wawayanda. The Nov. 25 announcement came a month after a major push by New York state Sen. James Skoufis, a Democrat, to veto the tax program.

The agency approved a 15-year payment in lieu of taxes program for the warehouse on Oct. 23, which would save Amazon about $80 million over the period.