Surprise, surprise, tech companies (including Amazon) are coming to New York without being bribed with billions of dollars. I wonder if any economy wizards will admit they were wrong.
I wouldn't give Amazon the steam off my last year's p__s to begin with. They're a big business, let them pay their own "business costs" which are tax deductible. That is pure business sense of fair play. $3.4 Billion, who the hell are they kidding, Just a ploy. Maybe NYC'd be insane enough to give it to them, who knows. It doesn't cost Amazon anything to try.