Anthony Brian Logan
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AOC & Others FORCE Amazon Out Of NYC, But Why?
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10:50Now PlayingAmazon’s decision to cancel its plans to build a second corporate headquarters in New York City came after left-wing activists and politicians demanded that the company advance their immigration agenda in exchange for nearly $3 billion in government subsidies.
Democratic socialism advocates and New York politicians, emboldened by the leftward lurch of the Democrat Party, which the election of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) crystallized, stepped up their demands on Amazon in recent weeks, according to a person briefed on the matter. One such demand included that the company pledge not to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Amazon refused to say it would not cooperate with U.S. immigration laws, the person said.
Critics of the deal Amazon had reached with New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio often cite the nearly $3 billion in subsidies promised to the company as fueling their opposition. But on Thursday, New York State Sen. Michael Gianaris confirmed that immigration was a key reason he and others opposed Amazon’s plans.
“They came in, they proudly, unabashedly told us they wanted to work with ICE to deport undocumented immigrants in this country,” Gianaris said in an interview with CNBC.
Gianaris, the deputy majority leader of New York’s State Senate, is a Democrat who represents the Queens waterfront district where Amazon had planned to build its campus. He was nominated this month to a seat on the Public Authorities Control Board, a little-known state government panel that held veto rights over the Amazon deal. He has also called for the abolition of ICE.
Gianaris’s district overlaps that of Ocasio-Cortez, a proponent of abolishing ICE and one of the most prominent opponents of the Amazon deal. On Thursday, Ocasio-Cortez celebrated Amazon’s retreat from New York this week.
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