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Lawmakers vie for Amazon attention after NYC headquarters exit

By Katelyn Caralle
Published February 15, 2019 6:51pm ET
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Lawmakers vie for Amazon attention after NYC headquarters exit
People walk into the lobby for Amazon offices Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, in New York. Amazon will not build a new headquarters in New York City, a stunning reversal to an ambitious plan that would have brought an estimated 25,000 jobs to the city. | (Mark Lennihan/AP)

Several lawmakers see opportunity after Amazon’s plan to open half of its second headquarters in New York City fell through this week.

A bipartisan pair of congressmen from upstate New York, Republican John Katko and Democrat Anthony Brindisi, sent a letter Friday to Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, inviting him to visit the region and consider relocating the campus there.

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