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| Protesters hold up anti-Amazon signs during a coalition rally and press conference in Long Island City, N.Y., Nov. 14, 2018. (Photo: Bebeto Matthews/AP) |
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is standing by her opposition to a deal that would have seen online retailer Amazon build its new headquarters in New York, despite the loss of an estimated 25,000 jobs for the city.
“My opposition was less and is less about something personal with Amazon, and it’s more about the structure of the deal,” Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., told Yahoo News’ podcast “Skullduggery” on Sunday. “A lot of people say, ‘Oh, this thing pays for itself.’ First of all … I don’t know if revenue neutral is the goal that we need right now. Secondly, 25,000 jobs at $150,000 is what was promised. Does that sound realistic?”
Due to vocal resistance from "a number of state and local politicians” and activists opposed to the $3 billion in incentives offered to attract the company, Amazon in February announced that it was abandoning plans to build in a Queens neighborhood, part of which includes Ocasio-Cortez’s district.
By Kadia Tubman.
Full story at Yahoo News.
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