Amazon is already known for providing dangerous working conditions, anti-union activities and treating their blue collar workforce like a disposable commodity. Since they're already screwing folks at work, it must have seemed like a natural progression to screw them at home too. From Politico: Amazon’s plans to expand into Long Island City may cost Mayor Bill de Blasio — and New York City — approximately 1,500 units of affordable housing. Two sites that will house the future offices of the e-commerce giant were originally intended for residential development, before Amazon chose them in a nationwide contest for its new headquarters. Most — if not all — of that intended housing is now off the table. According to Politico, the 14.7 acres of land Amazon's plopping out of their grossly subsidized new headquarters complex in Long Island City is owned by a company called Plaxall.
Amazon's Nyc Digs Being Built On Land That Would Have Been Used For Low-income Housing
Seamus Bellamy, Boing Boing
Sat, 11/17/2018 - 9:14am
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