NYC’s Amazon Negotiator Laments What Might Have Been
- Amazon.com Inc. was chased out of New York by politicians and media coverage that inaccurately described the government incentives underlying the deal, according to a city official who played a key role in forging the agreement that fell apart last week. James Patchett, president of the city’s Economic Development Corp., made clear that he was still smarting from the deal’s collapse while speaking to business executives Thursday at a Crain’s Magazine breakfast forum. He laughingly agreed with an interviewer’s observation that his speaking ...
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