{"id":25391,"date":"2023-03-04T12:35:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T20:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=25391"},"modified":"2023-03-04T12:35:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T20:35:19","slug":"we-were-right-says-aoc-as-amazon-suspends-hq2-construction-in-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/03\/04\/we-were-right-says-aoc-as-amazon-suspends-hq2-construction-in-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"‘We Were Right,’ Says AOC as Amazon Suspends HQ2 Construction in Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Construction is underway at Amazon’s second headquarters in Arlington, Virginia on June 10, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo: Jahi Chikwendiu\/The Washington Post via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Democrat said those who opposed the company’s project in Queens protected New Yorkers “from a scam deal to drain public dollars from schools and infrastructure in exchange for empty promises” of jobs.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JESSICA CORBETT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mar 03, 2023 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Amazon on Friday confirmed plans to pause construction on its second headquarters near Washington, D.C., Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> expressed vindication over her 2018 opposition to the tech giant’s initial plan to build part of HQ2 in New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following political leaders across the country engaging in what critics called<\/a> “corporate bribery,” offering Amazon tax breaks and other incentives to build in their communities, the company chose to split the project between Arlington, Virginia, and the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. However, Amazon halted<\/a> plans for the NYC campus in response to local backlash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the opponents was Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who said in a series of tweets Friday, “In the end, we were right.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know I\u2019ll never get an apology for that time, but it was worth it.

We protected NYers from a scam deal to drain public dollars from schools & infrastructure in exchange for empty promises of \u201cAmazon jobs\u201d w\/ 0 guarantees or guardrails. Sadly, cities who took it are suffering.<\/p>— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 3, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>