de Blasio tweeted this after Amazon cancelled:
https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1096110674613358593
"working with the community" is code for "bribe" among the community organizer types.
"working with the community" is code for "bribe" among the community organizer types.
Remember, the vast majority of people do not do things long term for altruistic reasons.
I mean, judging by some reporting[1] it sounds like the final meetings involved a framework for unionization efforts which to Amazon was probably unpalatable enough to pull out entirely just based on that.
I guess if you consider "working with the community" to equal "greasing the local union bosses" then maybe. But it's just more logical to just imagine that Amazon doesn't want to exist a blueprint for other unionization efforts nationwide.
1: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/15/amazon-held-11th-hour-meetin...