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• Mayor Bill de Blasio blasts AOC for pushing Amazon out of New York
  
  Mayor Bill de Blasio slammed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday during a radio interview with The Brian Lehrer Show as 'out of touch' for derailing Amazon's New York headquarters plans.
  Daily Mail.  Sat, 16 Feb 2019 00:23:11 GMT.
• Protesters gather outside Trump hotel in New York over emergency declaration
  
  Demonstrators gathered Friday night outside the Trump International Hotel & Tower in New York to protest President Trump's national emergency declaration.A local ABC affiliate streamed the protests live, ...
  Brooke Seipel.  The Hill.  Sat, 16 Feb 2019 00:17:38 +0000.
• WATCH: Amazon pulls out of New York City deal
  
  "The View" co-hosts discuss if Amazon's decision to move its headquarters is a good decision.
  ABC News.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 19:16:49 -0500.
• Amazon dumped New York, but cities still wooing the company
  
  Amazon's breakup with New York was still fresh when other cities started sending their own valentines to the online giant
  ABC News.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:30:24 -0500.
• Amazon Needed Good Will With HQ2, New York Delivered The Opposite
  
  Amazon needs to grow good will, but opposition forces delivered something else. It's a lesson in when to walk away and what really matters to this business.
  By Laura Heller, Contributor.  Forbes.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:25:00 -0500.
• Luis M. Neco, 87, Dies; Barrier-Breaking Puerto Rican Police Official
  
  He became the highest-ranking official of his heritage that the New York City police had ever appointed when he was named a deputy commissioner.
  Sam Roberts.  New York Times.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 23:10:50 GMT.
• How Amazon scrapped its plans for a New York headquarters
  
  More than a year of work to bring Amazon.com Inc's headquarters and tens of thousands of jobs to New York City ended on Thursday with a couple of phone calls.
  Reuters.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 16:58:57 -0500.
• Uber sues New York City over ruled that capped ride-hailing driver licenses
  
  The New York City Council imposed a cap on licenses for ride-hailing drivers, limiting the number allowed on city streets.
  CNBC.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 21:58 GMT.
• Scottsdale marketing firm acquires New York corporate training company
  
  Pragmatic Institute, the combination of Pragmatic Marketing and the Data Incubator, provides training, education and certification to product managers, product marketers and data scientists globally.
  Hayley Ringle.  American City Business Journals.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 21:22:42 +0000.
• Photo of rat and Hennessy bottle goes viral
  
  Joining the list of viral rat posts from New York City, there is a new entry of what looks to be a dead (or maybe just passed out) rodent clinging to an empty bottle of Hennessy Cognac.
  Fox News.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 21:19:31 GMT.
• How This Husband And Wife Fashion Duo Design Vibrant Timeless Collections
  
  Evelyn Luna, designer, along with her husband, Scott Chester, serial entrepreneur, founded clothing line, ACID NYC. ...
  By Cheryl Robinson, Contributor.  Forbes.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:30:00 -0500.
• Mattel has worst day in nearly 20 years after undercutting analysts' 2019 estimates
  
  Mattel had its worst day in nearly 20 years after undercutting analysts' 2019 estimates on Friday during an analyst meeting in New York.
  CNBC.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 19:56 GMT.
• California, New York promise legal challenges to Trump's emergency declaration
  
  California and New York suggested on Friday they would take legal action against President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration aimed at freeing up billions of dollars in funds to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.
  Reuters.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 13:16:32 -0500.
• This week in NYC funding news: 3Den, Overtime, Oxido
  
  Haute Hijab, DriveNets, Joor and RapidDeploy also raised capital.
  Anthony Noto.  American City Business Journals.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 17:17:27 +0000.
• 'Boycott Amazon!' Furious Queens property owner slams tech giant after it nixed New York HQ2
  
  A Long Island City apartment building owner is calling for a nationwide boycott of Amazon and its products after the tech giant pulled out of its plan to build part of its second headquarters in Queens.
  James Rogers.  Fox News.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:56:40 GMT.
• Low vaccination rates, global outbreaks fuel U.S. measles spread
  
  In New York state and Washington state, U.S. travelers picked up measles in foreign countries where the highly contagious disease was running rampant and brought it back to places where vaccination rates were too low by U.S. ...
  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 10:01:32 EST.

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