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Any hope of a warm welcome for Amazon’s planned second headquarters in New York dissipated on Wednesday during a City Council committee hearing as the company’s representatives were buffeted by questions from council members on one side and jeering union members and activists on the other. As the city prepared for a deep freeze, the Council’s finance committee convened a hearing on Amazon’s projected move, called HQ2. The online retail giant in 2017 announced a search for a new corporate location that would create 50,000 local jobs, setting off a nationwide competition among major cities. It was the second oversight hearing

Any hope of a warm welcome for Amazon’s planned second headquarters in New York dissipated on Wednesday during a City Council committee hearing as the company’s representatives were buffeted by questions from council members on one side and jeering union members and activists on the other. As the city prepared for a deep freeze, the Council’s finance committee convened a hearing on Amazon’s projected move, called HQ2. The online retail giant in 2017 announced a search for a new corporate location that would create 50,000 local jobs, setting off a nationwide competition among major cities. It was the second oversight hearing