Macy’s is suing a real estate company to prevent Amazon from taking over the iconic billboard next to its landmark department store at West 34th Street and Broadway in Manhattan,… Read More
When Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan signed new taxes and regulations on Uber and Lyft into law Tuesday afternoon, the city became the latest in a series of local and state… Read More
Earlier this year, New York became the first city in America to adopt congestion pricing, a.k.a. tolls that drivers pay when they enter the most congested neighborhoods during the busiest… Read More
Two high-profile New Yorkers offered clashing perspectives this week on Amazon’s decision to pull out of a planned 25,000-person office in Queens. On one side is J.P. Morgan Chase CEO… Read More
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is doggedly trying to convince Amazon to resume plans to build a massive office in the Queens borough of New York City. Cuomo has personally… Read More
New York’s chief number cruncher is calling out critics of Amazon’s defunct plans to build a headquarters in Queens for derailing “the single greatest economic development opportunity” in decades. Robert… Read More
Shots are still being fired in the fight over Amazon’s canceled Queens campus. The battleground du jour? Times Square, where a billboard blaming Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Amazon’s withdrawal from… Read More
In the first few weeks of 2019, progressive politicians have started a national conversation about income inequality and corporate power. Turns out it’s more than just talk. On Thursday, Amazon… Read More
Amazon is canceling its plans to build a 25,000 person office in New York City in an extraordinary twist to the “HQ2” story that has dominated the news for more… Read More
New York officials have mounted a firm resistance to Amazon’s plan to open a 25,000-person office in Queens. But a new poll shows they may not have support from the majority… Read More
Updated below with Amazon’s statement. Amazon is having second thoughts about plans to build a massive office in New York City, according to a new report from The Washington Post.… Read More
New York leaders who spent a year courting Amazon HQ2 are suddenly grappling with the possibility that the project they celebrated as a done deal could fall apart. On Monday,… Read More
The day after Amazon announced its intention to build a 25,000-person office in New York City, State Sen. Michael Gianaris convened a protest on the company’s proposed stomping grounds. It… Read More
Two New York labor unions are joining a growing opposition movement to Amazon’s planned 25,000-person office in Queens. Leaders of the Teamsters Joint Council 16 and Retail, Wholesale and Department… Read More
Over the weekend, the first job listings cropped up for Amazon HQ2, the now imprecise moniker for the 50,000-person second headquarters Amazon plans to establish across two cities: New York… Read More
Two Seattle lawmakers traveled to New York to share war stories from their battles with Amazon to a group of concerned activists and officials Monday. They were invited by a… Read More
Amazon and Apple are planning new homes in new cities, each with room for thousands of employees. But the comparison between the two companies’ expansion plans ends there. While Amazon… Read More
Amazon got a healthy dose of New York brashness Wednesday as city councilmembers grilled company executives and their economic development partners over the plan to build a 25,000-person office in… Read More
Talent, real estate, accessibility, and killer views of the Manhattan skyline. Those are just some of the selling points New York officials used to convince Amazon to plant its (not… Read More
When news broke that Amazon would split its immensely hyped second headquarters between two cities, journalists covering the year-long search were less than thrilled. The Information’s Nick Winfield called it… Read More
Amazon HQ2 became a media spectacle because of the promise to bring 50,000 new jobs to a single community. News that Amazon would split its second headquarters between two cities,… Read More
NEW YORK — Beginning in 2019, Amazon employees will be traveling between the company’s original Seattle home and its two new headquarters, in the New York and Washington D.C. regions. This… Read More
NEW YORK — Shawn Dixon’s life changed overnight. On Tuesday he was surprised to learn that Amazon plans to build a giant campus with room for thousands of high-paid workers… Read More
For more than a year, few details about the selection process for Amazon’s second North American headquarters — beyond the tech giant’s own disclosures — saw the light of day.… Read More
Today’s featured stories Redfin CEO warns of slowing national real estate market, as frustrated buyers are sitting out Seattleites are most likely to move to these Amazon HQ2 cities —… Read More
Cities across the country are looking at New York. On Wednesday, the New York City Council approved a one-year pause on new licenses for Uber and Lyft vehicles while officials study… Read More
Today’s featured stories Photos: Graffiti targeting Amazon and Jeff Bezos illustrates animosity toward tech giant in Seattle So much to sea in New York: Microsoft HoloLens a key part of… Read More
Every so often New York makes me mad. No, it’s not the congestion or the people or the Yankees (though they truly are insufferable). It’s New York’s insatiable appetite to… Read More
Earlier this week, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced he was pulling the plug on a proposed property tax levy that would raise $275 million to alleviate Seattle’s homelessness problem. He… Read More
Amazon is planning to open a brick-and-mortar bookstore in New York City’s Hudson Yards, according to The New York Post. An unnamed source told the newspaper that the bookstore, scheduled to open… Read More