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    Amazon Got Exactly What It Deserved—And So Did New York

    Trillion-dollar companies going shopping for billion-dollar subsidies <em>should</em> be publicly shamed.
    by Derek Thompson Feb 14, 2019 3 minutes
    Source: Karen Matthews / AP

    Amazon said on Thursday that it will cancel its plans to add a second corporate headquarters in New York City. The company had pledged to build a campus in Queens’ Long Island City in exchange for $3 billion in subsidies.

    In a statement, Amazon blamed local politicians for the reversal. “For Amazon, the commitment to build a new headquarters requires positive, collaborative relationships with state and local elected officials who will be supportive over the long-term,” the  statement . “A number of state and local politicians have

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