© Reuters“Working people are very smart and very discerning. They want jobs, they want revenue, they want the kinds of things that government can do for them,” he added. “They understand they have to be paid for.”
A hot-under-the-collar Mayor Bill de Blasio tore into Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday as he blistered both the online giant and local politicians who opposed bringing it to Queens.
"As a progressive my entire life - and I ain't changing - I'll take on any progressive anywhere that thinks it's a good idea to lose jobs and revenue because I think that's out of touch with what working people want," the mayor said on WNYC radio.
Ocasio Cortez (D-Bronx/Queens) - who lobbed bombs at the $3 billion incentives package offered by city and state leaders - said Thursday that Amazon's withdrawal from the deal showed that "everyday Americans still have the power to organize and fight for their communities and they can have more say in this country than the richest man in the world."
The audio clip, played by WNYC host Brian Lehrer as he questioned de Blasio over Amazon's shocking decision to withdraw, set the mayor on a tear.
Comment: Polls have shown that a majority of New York residents were supportive of Amazon's presence in the region:
Despite majority support from NYers, Amazon pulls out of building HQ in Queens after backlash from radicals like AOC Those in opposition have noted the skyrocketing home prices and community erosion resulting from Amazon's presence in Seattle, not to mention the abysmal treatment of its workforce. See: