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QUEENS WEEKLY, FEB. 3, 2019
Lyft
fled the scene westbound
on 40th Street on a black
and green bicycle.
The victim was taken to
a local hospital, where he
was treated and released.
Reach reporter Emily
Davenport by e-mail at
edavenport@qns.com or
by phone at (718) 224-5863
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ripple effect,” Patchett said.
“Moreover, the billions in
tax revenue will pay tremendous
dividends to our
public institutions; with
this windfall, the city will
be able to hire more police
officers, build more schools
and improve social services
like medical care and disability
services.”
Patchett explained the
$13.5 billion of additional
tax revenue could pay for
every single three-year-old
in the city to attend 3-K for
All for the next 16 years, or
the revenue could support
289,000 units of affordable
housing or the revenue
could hire 5,600 new publicschool
teachers with a bachelor’s
degree to work for the
next 25 years, or employ
6,300 firefighters for the
next quarter century.
Amazon sent Brian
Huseman, its vice president
for public policy, to
reiterate that the corporation
will create 25,000 new
jobs over ten years, with
an average annual salary
of more than $150,000, jobs
with full benefits.
“Today, we are announcing
that we are beginning
a program to hire
NYCHA residents for jobs
in our award-winning
customer service department,”
Huseman said.
“This program is not only
good for Long Island City
and NYCHA residents, but
it’s good for Amazon, and
we’re excited to access this
terrific talent pool.”
Huseman then announced
that Amazon has
teamed up with LaGuardia
Community College,
CUNY and SUNY to launch
a pathway to employment
in cloud computing jobs.
The new initiative is
expected to be available
in fall 2019 to the tens of
thousands of students who
attend those schools.
“LaGuardia’s students
represent a singularly
unique talent pipeline for
Amazon — they have a diversity
of life experiences
that have prepared them
to contribute to and develop
the next-generation of
consumer and enterprise
technologies,” LaGuardia
Community College President
Gail O. Mellow said.
“We will work closely with
our community, including
Queensbridge public
housing residents and organization
such as Urban
Upbound, to secure funding
for this program.”
But Van Bramer is not
buying into Amazon’s latest
charm campaign, specifically
the glossy mailers
that have gone out to
Queens resident in the last
few weeks. The last round
urged constituents to call
Van Bramer and Gianaris’
district offices and tell
them to drop their opposition
to the deal.
“Amazon is apparently
spending millions on these
flyers,” Van Bramer said.
“My advice to you, on behalf
of my constituents, is stop
sending them. They are not
working. Opposition is only
growing. 2:1 my constituents
have called telling me
to keep fighting this deal.
So that is what I will do. You
may have millions of dollars
to waste on these flyers, but
the hardworking people of
New York do not. Stop sending
them! Save some trees!
And stop the B.S.”
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City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer tears up an Amazon mailer
during a City Hall rally before the Council held its second
oversight hearing on the deal that will bring Amazon to Long
Island City. Courtesy of Van Bramer’s office
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