New York Taxpayers Are Buying A Helipad For The Richest Man In The World
Jeff Bezos won’t be taking the subway to Amazon’s planned new headquarters in Queens.
New Yorkers, take note: While you commute in dilapidated and decaying subways, know that Jeff Bezos will be able to rely on a more upscale mode of transit to get to Amazon’s forthcoming New York City headquarters in Queens.
That’s because New Yorkers are buying a helipad for Bezos, the richest man in the world.
...MOREBuried in the 32-page, $1.5 billion agreement between New York’s various economic development agencies and Amazon is a promise by the city to help the company secure rights to a helipad on, “or in reasonable proximity to,” the company’s new site in Long Island City.(Amazon’s other recently announced headquarters, in Virginia, also includes a clause for a helipad).....
