[legitster]

By locals, you must mean NYC at large. The actual residents of Queens and the Bronx supported the deal.

https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/1096137477188976646

[mandevil]

I mean the people who would have to pay the taxes to subsidize Amazon, so the city and state at large, yes.

[vageli]

> I mean the people who would have to pay the taxes to subsidize Amazon, so the city and state at large, yes.

Interesting that you characterize the entire state as "locals" given that some parts of New York can take several hours to get to by car from the city.