New York Leaders Urge Bezos to Reconsider Amazon's Dumping City Site
- Executives, politicians vow Cuomo ‘will take responsibility’
- Governor reportedly reached out to Bezos to revive Queens deal
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New York’s Amazon dreams aren’t dead yet, at least not in the minds of some of its leading executives and politicians.
James Gorman, the chief executive officer of Morgan Stanley, Mastercard Inc. CEO Ajay Banga and former Mayor David Dinkins were among those who signed an to Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeff Bezos, urging him to reconsider his decision to walk away from a deal to build part of the retail giant’s second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens. The letter promises that Governor Andrew Cuomo “will take personal responsibility for the project’s state approval.”