NY state tax break is $48k per Amazon HQ job
1) Incentives are not given up front. They are given proportional to the results Amazon has achieved. Amazon must make a report each year detailing their progress before any award is given.<p>2) The city-level incentives are available to any business. State-level incentives (I think 300m) are not.<p>3) Amazon has pledged to invest in the local community as part of the deal. There are plans for an elementary school and tech education center.<p>4) The NYC tech sector is more diverse than SV. 47% of tech workers in NYC are immigrants [0]. Is there any evidence supporting the claim that Amazon will ship in majority groups to displace minorities or immigrants?<p>5) There is direct investment in tech education for minority groups in the city [1]. Therefore it is reasonable to assume that they will receive a chunk of these jobs in the future. If you support increased diversity in tech, it is inconsistent in your beliefs to not support 25k more tech jobs in NYC.<p>6) LIC built almost 2.8k rental units last year. [2] I think they have built 6k this year so far. 28k units were built city-wide last year [3]<p>Please tell me what about this is bad.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;comptroller.nyc.gov&#x2F;reports&#x2F;our-immigrant-population-helps-power-nyc-economy&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;comptroller.nyc.gov&#x2F;reports&#x2F;our-immigrant-population...</a>
[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;codenation.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;codenation.org&#x2F;</a>
[2]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;licpost.com&#x2F;long-island-city-had-more-housing-units-built-in-2017-than-any-other-nyc-neighborhood-with-biggest-pipeline-of-units-to-come" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;licpost.com&#x2F;long-island-city-had-more-housing-units-...</a>
[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;amenities-war-breaks-out-in-long-island-city-rentals-1519225200" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;amenities-war-breaks-out-in-lon...</a>