“I was amazed at how many people signed the petition immediately,” he said. (Published reports have estimated that Amazon HQ2 will provide a $5 billion stimulus to the economy of the metropolitan area it settles in.)įlorida canvassed a spectrum of urbanists from left to right before writing the petition 95 of them signed it along with him. The organization that put the bid together plans to appeal the decision in state court.
As Amazon has requested of all the bidders, Pittsburgh has not disclosed what it intends to offer, but Pennsylvania’s Office of Open Records has ordered the city to unseal its bid. Chris Christie offer $7 billion, when I saw some of the country’s most progressive mayors - Bill De Blasio in New York, Eric Garcetti in Los Angeles, Ras Baraka in Newark - line up to offer big incentives, I said, ‘Something is wrong here,'” Florida said.Īccording to a post on CityLab, Pennsylvania will offer Amazon $1 billion in incentives to locate in the state, and legislation is pending in Philadelphia that would add $2 billion to the total. “While we are supportive of Amazon’s quest to build a new headquarters, we fear that the contest among jurisdictionsfor this facility threatens to spiral out of control,” the petition states in part.
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