https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/15/amazon-new-york-long-island-city-hq2-michael-gianaris

Michael Gianaris turned his outrage into leverage when he was appointed to an obscure state board – and soon after, the company called the project off

Amazon made plenty of enemies with its plans for a new headquarters in New York, but one of those foes played an outsized role in sending the tech giant packing.