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Friday Politics: Amazon breaks up with NYC

caption: A man runs along the waterfront in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City on Nov. 14, 2018. "After much thought and deliberation, we've decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for Amazon in Long Island City, Queens," Amazon said in a press release.
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A man runs along the waterfront in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City on Nov. 14, 2018. "After much thought and deliberation, we've decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for Amazon in Long Island City, Queens," Amazon said in a press release.
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Kind of an awkward Valentine's Day between Amazon and what was supposed to be its new home in Queens, New York. Patricia Murphy talks with political commentators C.R. Douglas and Joni Balter.

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