Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's biggest villain & # 39; in the crash of an agreement with Amazon – American Politics

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

A woman walks past a Times Square electronic billboard displaying the message "Thanks For Nothing, AOC!", Referring to US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and the removal of the head office from 39; Amazon in New York, United States, February 21, 2019.
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According to a poll conducted by the Siena College Research Institute, New Yorkers blame Democrat Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for being responsible for the collapse of the deal struck between the head office of the company. Amazon and Queens.

Amazon has canceled plans to build a gigantic campus in Queens, which would have created 25,000 jobs in New York City in exchange for $ 3 billion in local and state tax relief.

According to the survey, 38% of respondents said that Ocasio-Cortex was the "biggest villain" in the saga, said Steven Greenberg, an investigator at Siena College. Sixty-seven percent said the withdrawal was "bad" for New York, while only 21% said it was "good."

"Whom do New Yorkers blame? Well, there is certainly enough criticism to make, he said. More and more people think that Amazon, [New York Governor Andrew] Cuomo [New York City Mayor Bill] Blasio, the state senate and local Queens activists were villains in this saga but heroes. "

"However, voters say that the biggest villain was the representative of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez," he said.

Only 12% of those surveyed described it as "heroic, while 38% described it as nasty," Greenberg said. "Amazon itself was considered the biggest villain of Democrats, but Republicans and Independents had Ocasio-Cortez by far the biggest villain, followed by local Queens activists."

The poll also revealed that 29% blamed the mayor of Blasio, while 28% said Governor Cuomo was to blame for his departure. Twenty-six percent said that Amazon was the main culprit.

Greenberg said that "New Yorkers would support the rapprochement of the agreement if Cuomo and others could convince Amazon to reconsider its decision."

Although the deal on Amazon was considered highly controversial, "it received significant support last month, before it was canceled.There is a crushing feeling that its cancellation is bad for the state," he said. said Greenberg. "And all demographic groups are firmly convinced that Amazon needs to reconsider and move forward.It is clear that jobs outweigh the cost of government incentives in the spirit of the most voters. "

The margin of error for the survey was about 4.2 percentage points.

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