Google quietly expands in New York in wake of Amazon’s stumble


People walking by the the Google office building on Ninth Avenue in New York. Google has more than 8,000 employees in New York across several buildings and could surpass 14,000 by 2028. — AP

If Amazon.com Inc’s botched expansion in New York City offers a cautionary tale, Google is showing there’s another way.

The Alphabet Inc unit has added thousands of jobs since it set up shop in the Chelsea neighbourhood in 2006, and plans to add thousands more on Manhattan’s west side. The company didn’t take public subsidies, and has mushroomed in New York without provoking much ire.

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