Amazon ditches New York City expansion plan

This photo shows a view of an area of Long Island City, a neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. Amazon abruptly dropped plans Thursday for a big new headquarters in New York that would have brought 25,000 jobs to the city, reversing course after politicians and activists objected to the nearly $3 billion in tax breaks promised to what is already one of the world's richest, most powerful companies.[Photo: AP/Bebeto Matthews]