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missed connections Mar. 1, 2019

Andy ‘Amazon’ Cuomo Just Can’t Let Amazon Walk AwayThe heart wants what the heart wants.

By Jake Swearingen
amazon Feb. 15, 2019

How Cuomo, de Blasio, and Bezos Blew the Amazon DealNo one took responsibility for selling it. In the vacuum left by the company, the mayor, and the governor, opponents pounced.

By David Freedlander
prime humor Feb. 14, 2019

Why I’m Leaving New YorkAmazon’s Jeff Bezos weighs in on the company pulling out of Long Island City.

By Madison Malone Kircher
the top line Feb. 14, 2019

Why Amazon Bailed on Its New York HeadquartersThe company will keep growing in Manhattan. But it wasn’t willing to go to Queens on less favorable terms than it had negotiated.

By Josh Barro
bye bye bezos Feb. 14, 2019

Amazon Cancels Plans for HQ2 in New YorkThe economic titan has pulled out of a deal to build a campus in Long Island City.

By Jake Swearingen
prime humor Feb. 14, 2019

Congrats, Everyone, on the Great Jokes About Why Jeff Bezos Is Leaving New YorkGreat tweets. Really.

By Madison Malone Kircher
amazon Dec. 3, 2018

Amazon Is an Infrastructure Company. The HQ2 Bids Were Reconnaissance.Amazon has morphed from a retailer to an infrastructure company. The data in the HQ2 bids it solicited could guide the next steps in its evolution.

By Nick Tabor
just asking questions Nov. 19, 2018

New York City’s Development Czar Alicia Glen Talks Amazon HQ and HousingNew York City deputy mayor Alicia Glen discusses the Amazon HQ deal and why New York is an affordable-housing leader of the “goddamn world.”

By Noah Kulwin