Come back to NY, bank CEOs beg Amazon boss
Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos last month abandoned plans for a second headquarters in New York. The company cited opposition from community leaders angry at the huge subsidies on offer as a reason for the U-turn. – EPA pic, March 1, 2019.
TOP business leaders, lawmakers and others are urging Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos to reconsider his decision not to move forward with plans for new headquarters in New York, to build an “exciting future” for the city. In an open letter set to appear in today’s edition of The New York Times, the 80-odd signatories – from bank CEOs to church leaders and the head of US airline JetBlue – acknowledged the “rough” public debate that thwarted the project, but chalked it up to “New York charm”.
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