Amazon is reconsidering NY headquarters site because of local opposition, Washington Post reports

Amazon is reconsidering building one of its new headquarters in New York City after local opposition, according to a report by The Washington Post.

In November after a nearly year-long search, Amazon selected the Long Island City neighborhood of New York and the National Landing neighborhood of Arlington, Va., as the two sites of its East Coast headquarters. The announcement was met almost immediately with protest by New York City officials and residents who feared Amazon would take over the neighborhood, drive up prices and and push out existing residents and families.

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