PLZ COME BACK

Cuomo Begs Bezos to Bring Amazon Back to NYC: NYT

After Amazon announced that it would no longer build its second headquarters in Queens.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been begging Amazon to reconsider its decision to pull out of plans to build a second headquarters in Long Island City, and has even spoken with CEO Jeff Bezos on the phone, The New York Times reports Thursday. The governor, a staunch supporter of the second headquarters, has reportedly spoken “multiple times” with top Amazon executives to pledge his support. A letter that is being arranged for publication in Friday’s issue of the Times reportedly backs Cuomo’s sentiment, and is signed by a litany of local groups that are supportive of the deal. Nevertheless, Amazon has reportedly shown no signs of reconsidering. The calls come after the tech giant made a remarkable about face in early February, announcing that it had canceled plans to build its second headquarters in Queens after facing remarkable local pushback.

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