People walk by anti Amazon graffiti in the Long Island City neighborhood on February 09, 2019 in New York City. According to recent reports, Amazon is reconsidering its plan to locate one of its new headquarters in Long Island City due to the opposition the project has received locally. While numerous politicians and pundits believe the tech company is bluffing, the threat of losing thousands of well paid jobs has caused concern in the Queens neighborhood. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/TNS)
Amazon.com Inc was chased out of New York by politicians and media coverage that inaccurately described the government incentives underlying the deal, according to a city official who played a key role in forging the agreement that fell apart last week.
James Patchett, president of the city’s Economic Development Corp, made clear that he was still smarting from the deal’s collapse while speaking to business executives Feb 21 at a Crain’s Magazine breakfast forum.
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