Amazon pulling out of New York City headquarters location
A rusting ferryboat is docked next to an aging industrial warehouse on Long Island City's Anable Basin in the Queens borough of New York, Nov. 7, 2018. Amazon said Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, that it is dropping New York City as one of its new headquarter locations. (Mark Lennihan/AP, File)
A sea gull flies off holding fish scraps near a former dock facility, with "Long Island" painted on old transfer bridges at Gantry State Park in the Long Island City section of the Queens Borough in New York, Nov. 13, 2018. Amazon said Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, that it is dropping New York City as one of its new headquarter locations. (Bebeto Matthews/AP, File)
NEW YORK — Amazon says it will not be building a new headquarters in New York, a stunning reversal after a yearlong search.
The online retailer has faced opposition from some New York politicians, who were unhappy with the tax incentives Amazon was promised.
Amazon said Thursday it does not plan to look for another location, and will continue to build out offices in Arlington, Virginia, and Nashville, Tennessee.
