Amazon's HQ2 moving to Northern VA and NYC; 2/14: Amazon pulls out of NYC after public backlash!

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(i) New York City-based technology training programs targeting nontraditional demographics including NYCHA residents, combined with Company recruiting and interviewing efforts directed to students graduating from such programs and interested in employment by the Company. Programs may include: (1) accelerated technology training programs through third-party training providers with experience serving New Yorkers; (2) programs established under the NYC Tech Talent Pipeline, the City’s Industry Partnership developing pathways for New Yorkers to tech careers; and/or (3) the provision of space on the Development Sites for workforce development programming that cultivates talent from all backgrounds, including graduates from accelerated technology training programs and local college students;

(ii) Internships and work-based learning opportunities for public high school students. These could include internships and career exploration activities (e.g., career days, mock interviews, site visits, and other work-based learning opportunities); and

(iii) Additional programming and training that are reflective of the Company’s talent attraction and retention goals in New York City, including the implementation of programs with City and State colleges that build upon the Company’s past efforts.

(b) In addition, the Company will hold or participate in events on a semi-annual basis at Queensbridge Houses such as job fairs and resume workshops in order to promote employment opportunities to NYCHA tenants for at least the initial three years of the project, starting in calendar year 2020. Thereafter, the parties will collaborate in good faith to determine additional measures to support NYCHA tenants.

11. Company Commitments. The Company will make the following commitments in connection with the Project:
(a) Development Costs. With the exception of any incentives and other benefits to be provided by the Public Parties as described above, each Development Site lessee will be solely responsible for all other costs in connection with the Project, including the costs of required environmental impact mitigation measures identified through SEQR that are either (i) located on the Development Sites, or (ii) are by their nature costs typically borne by a private developer and are in the direct vicinity of the Development Sites and are directly related or attributable to the Project (e.g., ingress/egress to the Development Sites).

(b) Specific Infrastructure and Community Commitments. The Company, in cooperation with the lessee/developer(s) of the Development Sites, will:
(i) be responsible for the financing, construction and maintenance of all necessary infrastructure improvements within the Development Sites, including but not limited to: (1) internal streets, sidewalks, utilities, and sewers, and for the cost of any improvements to sewer infrastructure that are required to directly serve the Development Sites; (2) shoreline and bulkhead reconstruction required for the Development Sites; (3) a public waterfront esplanade and adjacent public open space; and (4) those amenities described in Section 11(b)(iii) below, and will maintain such infrastructure, in accordance with the Project transaction documents, Development Plan, Design Guidelines, and any additional requirements under the GPP, and/or as required by law. The Company, in cooperation with the lessee/developer(s) for each Development Site, shall also construct and relocate utilities within the Development Sites, all in accordance with the Development Plan; (ii) collaborate with the Public Parties to facilitate the dedication of one site controlled and/or owned by the Company’s development partner(s) or other parties for the use of an intermediate public school or primary public school within Long Island City

There's a lot to like here

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https://d39w7f4ix9f5s9.cloudfront.net/4d/db/a54a9d6c4312bb171598d0b2134c/new-york-agreement.pdf
 

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This amazon move is going to expose the cracks in the democratic party something fierce.

I wish they had just moved to some southern state so that Dems could campaign on it down there. This does nothing but provide a very visual perception of the failures of the Democratic party.
 

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new business park, esplanade, school, jobs> parking lots and underutilized manufacturing spaces

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(i) New York City-based technology training programs targeting nontraditional demographics including NYCHA residents, combined with Company recruiting and interviewing efforts directed to students graduating from such programs and interested in employment by the Company. Programs may include: (1) accelerated technology training programs through third-party training providers with experience serving New Yorkers; (2) programs established under the NYC Tech Talent Pipeline, the City’s Industry Partnership developing pathways for New Yorkers to tech careers; and/or (3) the provision of space on the Development Sites for workforce development programming that cultivates talent from all backgrounds, including graduates from accelerated technology training programs and local college students;

(ii) Internships and work-based learning opportunities for public high school students. These could include internships and career exploration activities (e.g., career days, mock interviews, site visits, and other work-based learning opportunities); and

(iii) Additional programming and training that are reflective of the Company’s talent attraction and retention goals in New York City, including the implementation of programs with City and State colleges that build upon the Company’s past efforts.

(b) In addition, the Company will hold or participate in events on a semi-annual basis at Queensbridge Houses such as job fairs and resume workshops in order to promote employment opportunities to NYCHA tenants for at least the initial three years of the project, starting in calendar year 2020. Thereafter, the parties will collaborate in good faith to determine additional measures to support NYCHA tenants.

11. Company Commitments. The Company will make the following commitments in connection with the Project:
(a) Development Costs. With the exception of any incentives and other benefits to be provided by the Public Parties as described above, each Development Site lessee will be solely responsible for all other costs in connection with the Project,

(b) Specific Infrastructure and Community Commitments. The Company, in cooperation with the lessee/developer(s) of the Development Sites, will:
(i) be responsible for the financing, construction and maintenance of all necessary infrastructure improvements within the Development Sites,

There's a lot to like here

:manny:

https://d39w7f4ix9f5s9.cloudfront.net/4d/db/a54a9d6c4312bb171598d0b2134c/new-york-agreement.pdf
You are falling for this hook line and sinker. I work in tech out here in SF/Silicon Valley and a lot of companies have low economic and social “outreach” programs or donate to them, many have “a focus on diversity and inclusion” and at the end of the day....you’ve seen the headlines about what’s really going on out here as far as underrepresented groups and locals being employed by these companies.


Even as a person with degrees from Stanford and Wharton, I’ve been used as a pawn in their “pipeline” fraud as “interviewing” me allows them to tick off the female and black box on their reports. At the end of the day, all those bullet points mean naught when it comes to the reality of who actually gets in to Amazon, especially at the corporate level, I’ve interviewed with them and know the people and culture they have within those walls...it’s not welcoming.
 
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You are falling for this hook line and sinker. I work in tech out here in SF/Silicon Valley and a lot of companies have low economic and social “outreach” programs or donate to them, many have “a focus on diversity and inclusion” and at the end of the day....you’ve seen the headlines about what’s really going on out here as far as underrepresented groups and locals being employed by these companies.


Even as a person with degrees from Stanford and Wharton, I’ve been used as a pawn in their “pipeline” fraud as “interviewing” me allows them to tick off the female and black box on their reports. At the end of the day, all those bullet points mean naught when it comes to the reality of who actually gets in to Amazon, especially at the corporate level, I’ve interviewed with them and know the people and culture they have within those walls...it’s not welcoming.
Exactly, it's easy to put flowery language in a document but these companies this country never live up to the ideals of what is written. Think of the Bill of Rights and then think about how close our country is to living up to it. :francis:
 
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