After Amazon Bailed, a Long Island City Building Owner Is Miffed

Sammy Musovic says that he spent $1 million on renovations
He plans a protest this afternoon and is calling for a boycott

The Manhattan skyline stands across from Gantry Plaza State Park in the Long Island City neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York.Photographer: Christopher Lee/Bloomberg

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By Sydney Maki

February 15, 2019 at 5:39 PM UTC

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When Sammy Musovic heard Amazon.com Inc. was coming to his Queens neighborhood, he knew what he had to do: Renovate his apartments, and get ready for the cash to roll in. Now that the tech giant has backed out, he says they owe him.

Musovic said he spent $1 million renovating the apartments in the building he owns in Long Island City, in anticipation of Amazon’s plans for a new office campus nearby. Miffed over the loss of the thousands of jobs that were promised, he’s calling for others to boycott the online retailer.