The New York City battle over Amazon is back — except this time it’s on the 2020 ballot
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Democrats who thought they were gaining political capital with the party’s ascendant left wing by fighting the tech behemoth will now find out whether their push translates into electoral support, or political backlash among many voters who favored the promise of thousands of new Amazon jobs, according to polls.
Long Island City resident Justin Potter started a “Defeat Gianaris” website and Twitter account soon after the deal collapsed, and then jumped into the race himself. “It’s spoken like someone who really does not have their finger on the pulse of the neighborhood and what people here actually deal with in their daily lives,” Gianaris said of his opponent’s charges that he ignored his constituents.
Mary Jobaida, an immigrant from Bangladesh, said she was already fed up with a host of neighborhood issues, and seeing Nolan speak in favor of Amazon was the last straw, spurring her to enter politics.“The people who are advocating for Amazon are either very selfish, well-off people who wouldn’t be impacted, or they were misguided,” Jobaida said.In a crowded race to replace Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, some contenders are lining up along lines drawn during the Amazon fight.
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