# Professor Ari Ginsberg is interviewed for an article on how Amazon's scrapped plans to open headquarters in NYC will impact the local economy going forward

1 Faculty News February 15, 2019 ![NBC News online logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_037262.gif?itok=6hhedDRK)>

Excerpt from [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/amazon-s-valentine-s-day-breakup-n-y-may-cause-n971841) -- "'This was a big fish,' Ginsberg said. Amazon would have created a 'positive loop — the ecosystem continues to grow new firms. Amazon would have been providing new sources of tax revenue in a city with crumbling infrastructure.'"

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