the region. amazon s hope was to build a sprawling complex that would have brought at least 25,000 jobs to the area in exchange for nearly $3 billion in state and city incentives. democratic new york congresswoman alexandria garcia cortez took to twitter after strongly advocating against amazon s plans to drop anchor in queens, tweeting yesterday, anything is possible. today s a group of dedicated new yorkers and their neighbors at defeating amazon s corporate greed. its worker explication, and the power of the richest man in the world. some new yorkers, lawmakers, were criticized for providing subsidies to such a large corporation. and some locals went to war saying they wanted the city and state to send the $3 billion offer while improving low income neighborhoods in the area. all new yorkers were asking was for this company to respect our values.
come in the borough of queens. now amazon is moving on, now that the big apple portion of the hq 2 deal is dead. amazon s plan was to build a sprawling complex that would have brought at least 25,000 jobs to the area in exchange for nearly $3 billion in state and city incentives. this deal ran into major roadblocks, as some new york lawmakers were criticized for providing subsidies to such a large corporation. locals waged a fierce campaign saying they wanted the city and state to send that earmarked money on improving low income neighborhoods. this is a serious blow to new york governor andrew cuomo and mayor bill de blasio, who lobbied hard for the headquarters. de blasio, as you mention, just released a statement. here it reads, you have to be tough to make it a new york city. we give amazon the opportunity to be a good neighbor and do business in the greatest city in the world. instead of working with the community, amazon threw away that opportunity.
amazon cancels plans to build a second head quarters in new york city after resistance from local lawmakers and progressive groups over the nearly $3 billion in state and city incentives. for more on this breaking news we have christina from the fox business network. christina, what has been the response to the decision that just came out? reporter: this is a huge decision. amazon has not alluded to searching for a second location. they did release a statement and it pretty much discusses the backlash from local politicians. they said while polls showed 70% of new yorkers support our plan and investment, a number of state and local politicians have made it clear they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward. the company said there was a lack of positive collaborative relationships between tech company as well as politicians. speaking of politicians we have a statement from the mayor. this is a strong statement. y
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well, fox conn is saying what they ve said before, they might not be building a factory as much as they re building a research center and those 13,000 jobs, they re looking like they ll happen at the end of 2020, which seemingly is a promise of not going far beyond that and those jobs are more like research and engineering. i need to bring in robert costa, national political reporter for the washington post. nbc analyst. and of course moderator for pbs washington week. and ben shapiro, host of the politico podcast. huge hookups, $3 billion in tax credits. $134 million in highway improvements. 764 million bucks in local and city incentives. even that got a lot of pushback in the state saying is it worth it. now look where we are. we should note fox conn didn t get a lot of their tax