https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/15/amazon-held-11th-hour-meeting-before-pulling-the-plug-on-nyc-hq2-rpts.html > Amazon held 11th hour meetings with New York and trade union officials before pulling the plug on its Long Island City headquarters, according to reports by Bloomberg and The New York Times. > Amazon executives met on Wednesday morning with union officials from the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union as well as the AFL–CIO, a national federal of more than 50 labor unions, according to the reports. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo facilitated and hosted the meeting, the reports say.