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Nicole Gelinas\xa0joins\xa0Howard Husock\xa0to discuss\xa0the resolution of\xa0Amazon's year-long "HQ2" competition. This week, the Internet giant\xa0announced\xa0that\xa0it would open new offices in Crystal City, Virginia\u2014near Washington, D.C.\u2014and New York's own Long Island City, Queens.

Located\xa0just across the East River from midtown Manhattan, Long Island City had struggled for years as a post-industrial neighborhood until\xa0the early 2000s,\xa0when\xa0rezoning allowed the construction of dozens of luxury residential buildings and modern office towers.\xa0The neighborhood\xa0still faces challenges, however: it's\xa0home to some of\xa0the\xa0city's largest public housing projects, and its schools are poorly run.

New York State is offering Amazon more than $1.5 billion in tax breaks and grants to create 25,000 jobs\xa0in Long Island City. That comes out to\xa0about $48,000\xa0per\xa0job.\xa0Since the announcement, community leaders and elected officials are already making demands on Amazon. They want to see\xa0funding for transit fixes, employment for local residents, unionization, and more.\xa0As more details emerge\xa0on the terms of\xa0the city and state's agreement with the company (one example: Amazon's private helipad will be limited to 120 landings a year), many New Yorkers are skeptical.