Amazon Reportedly Choosing Long Island City as One of its Headquarter Locations

According to the New York Times, in a surprise move, Amazon’s next headquarters could be split between two cities and one of them could be Long Island City.

Amazon has yet to confirm anything but a formal announcement is expected from the e-commerce giant soon.

According to sources close to the decision-making process, Amazon is planning to have a total of 50,000 employees split between two locations. One of them would be Long Island City in New York and the other in an area of Arlington, Va., a Washington suburb.

According to one source, Amazon executives met two weeks ago with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in the governor’s Manhattan office

“I am doing everything I can,” Governor Cuomo said to reporters. “We have a great incentive package,” he said.

“I’ll change my name to Amazon Cuomo if that’s what it takes. Because it would be a great economic boost.”

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