She said Gianaris, whom she’s known for years, was the most surprising betrayal. Imagine if AOC did something positive with her big mouth,” Cerbone said. Opposing Amazon benefited other communities.
Everybody fears AOC, who has no idea what she’s doing.
Gianna Cerbone, owner of Manducatis Rustica restaurant, whose family has deep roots in LIC, said “delusional” Democratic socialists and anti-gentrifiers have hijacked western Queens - and not for the better. “AOC, Giannaris, Van Bramer - wake up!” she said. “Their plans weren’t going to offer enough benefits to the community, and we’re not going to let private developers ignore their obligations to New Yorkers,” said Mitchell Schwartz, a spokesman for Mayor Bill de Blasio.ĭrimer directed her fury at the local pols for letting down the neighborhood. The Your LIC consortium included manufacturer Plaxall, the major property owner on the waterfront site along with the City of New York. The plan claimed it would create 26,000 jobs, open space and cultural amenities. Who is going to pay $58 for a T-shirt when you’re out of a job?” Benaim said.Īn alternative project called “Your LIC” that included residential-commercial towers at the site was also recently shot down amid not-in-my-back-yard opposition and lack of support from City Hall. “I’m watching AOC selling ‘Tax the rich’ T-shirts for $58 while businesses are leaving New York. We have a do-nothing mayor,” fumed Eric Benaim, CEO of Modern Spaces realty, who resides in the neighborhood and whose office is near the fallow site.Įric Benaim, CEO of Modern Spaces Realty in Long Island City. Seething local merchants and residents grappling to survive during the pandemic told The Post the loss of Amazon haunts the community even more now. Nearly two years later, the massive site remains a desolate reminder of wasted potential, while COVID-19 has ravaged the city’s economy, including the LIC-western Queens area that would have benefited from the influx of potential customers into the area. The world’s largest e-tailer abruptly canceled its projected 25,000 job-producing campus in February 2019 after being taken aback by ferocious opposition from local pols - including Democratic socialist Rep. People say, ‘If we only had Amazon.’ We got nothing.” It’s terrible,” said Donna Drimer, owner of the Matted LIC art gallery and gift store. In Long Island City, it’s the scar that won’t heal.Īlmost two years after Amazon pulled out from a proposal to build a massive headquarters along the Queens waterfront, the site is a vacant eyesore - and, to many locals, the squandered economic opportunity is even more painful amid the coronavirus pandemic. Nuk baby bottles sold on Amazon recalled over high lead levels ‘A League of Their Own’ star Molly Ephraim steps up to the plateĪmazon to buy Roomba maker iRobot in $1.7 billion dealĬhuck Schumer’s son-in-law lands lucrative gig at private equity giant Blackstone
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