Amazon’s announcement, last year, that it is building a new headquarters in Queens, received mixed reactions.
Some were excited about the tens of thousands of jobs the tech juggernaut is promising to bring to the New York City borough. Others wonder if they will even get access to those jobs, and if the area’s already overburdened infrastructure can handle the influx of population.
Chris Hanway says he noticed another, less impassioned response: apathy. Hanway is the executive director of the Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement, a nonprofit based in the Queensbridge Houses — the largest public housing complex in North America. It’s just a few blocks from where Amazon is building the new headquarters.
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