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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@AOC
We’ve been getting calls and outreach from Queens residents all day about this. The community’s response? Outrage.
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The Wall Street Journal
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Amazon will divide its second headquarters evenly between New York's Long Island City and Arlington County's Crystal City neighborhoods. Other cities may also receive major sites. on.wsj.com/2DzgUBZ
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Amazon is a billion-dollar company. The idea that it will receive hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks at a time when our subway is crumbling and our communities need MORE investment, not less, is extremely concerning to residents here.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Displacement is not community development. Investing in luxury condos is not the same thing as investing in people and families. Shuffling working class people out of a community does not improve their quality of life.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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We need to focus on good healthcare, living wages, affordable rent. Corporations that offer none of those things should be met w/ skepticism. It’s possible to establish economic partnerships w/ real opportunities for working families, instead of a race-to-the-bottom competition.
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The_Chek
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didn't get the memo? that's been discussed & agreed upon. The investment n the business is investing n the community its located in. Where u thnk that $$$ gets spent? Local. I know u don't understand how investment in busns works, hopefully u learn real soon
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