Amazon abandoned the construction of the second headquarters building in New York 'Amazon HQ 2', due to the strong opposition from local lawmakers and residents

by Christopher Furniss

Amazon announced that it will destroy the construction plan of Amazon's second headquarter " Amazon HQ 2" which had previously been in New York. Amazon HQ 2 construction plan has been strongly rebounded by some local residents and lawmakers for a long time, Amazon said "It is because we can not expect a good relationship with the local community necessary to advance the plan" I am doing.

Update on plans for New York City headquarters
https://blog.aboutamazon.com/company-news/update-on-plans-for-new-york-city-headquarters

Amazon drops New York City HQ 2 plans - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/amazon-drops-plan-to-build-headquarters-in-new-york-city/2019/02/14/b7457efa-3078-11e9-86ab-5d02109aeb01_story. html

Amazon, based in Seattle, Washington, announced the construction plan for Amazon HQ 2 in September 2017. This Amazon HQ 2 is capable of accommodating 50,000 people and the construction cost was estimated at about 5 billion dollars (about 550 billion yen). As Amazon HQ 2 is constructed, it is expected that the city revitalization due to the large corporate tax and labor demand can be expected, so more than 200 cities such as Canada and Mexico, as well as the United States, will reduce income tax, construction approval, infrastructure development, crime We have attracted various preferential measures such as reduction programs on condition.

by Wolfram Burner

In November 2018, Amazon announced that Amazon HQ 2 will be constructed in two places, the Queens District Long Island City in New York and the Crystal City in Arlington County , Virginia.

Governor Andrew Cuomo Province of New York and Mayor of Bill de Blasio congratulate the success of Amazon HQ 2's attraction and polls say that 70% of local residents supported construction. But the opponents led by New York State Senator Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said "Amazon will hire 25,000 people as employees and pay an average of $ 150,000 a year in salary, Housing costs rise sharply and drive low-income earners, "pointed out that" causing heavy congestion in public roads and subways due to an increase in traffic volume ".

by Thomas Hawk

In addition, Ocasio-Cortez says, "It is strange for the city to take incentives of up to three billion dollars (about 350 billion yen) against Amazon led by CEO Jeff Bezos, one of the world's wealthiest people I assert. Meanwhile, the governor of Cuomo argued that "If the Amazon HQ 2 construction plan succeeds, we can expect income of 30 billion dollars (about 3 trillion 300 billion), which is ten times the subsidy, Protest activities by opponents did not fit down.

Amazon February 14, 2019, "As a result of careful consideration, we have decided not to proceed with planning to build Amazon HQ 2 in Queens and Long Island City in New York, for Amazon, we will have a new headquarters The promise to build is because we need a positive and cooperative relationship with states and cities that will support for a long time. " "We are disappointed that New York, who has exceptional dynamism and love people and culture, is disappointed that we have reached this conclusion", while the governor of Cuomo province and the mayor of Blasio, who were cooperative in attracting I am grateful to you.

by Joe Wolf

According to The Washington Post, on February 13th, construction was canceled due to a meeting between CEO Bézos and senior Amazon executives. Amazon is not planning to resume the selection of candidate locations for Amazon HQ 2. We are planning to advance the construction plan in Arlington County and the operation center construction plan in Nashville, Tennessee as we are. " The Washington Post notes that Amazon has confirmed that Christian Dorsey, Chairman of the Board of Governors of Arlington County, "There are no changes in the plan undertaken in Arlington County".

Governor Cuomo said, "Senators in New York State have incurred a great deal of damage, and I think that we should be held responsible for this lost economic opportunity."