Less than a year after abandoning HQ2 in New York City, Amazon says it's opening a new 1,500-employee office in NYC

Amazon has signed a new lease for office space in New York City and plans to hire 1,500 people.

Amazon announced plans to open a big, new office in New York City on Friday, instantly rekindling the heated arguments that engulfed its failed efforts to build a second headquarters in the city nearly a year ago. Amazon has signed a lease for a new 335,000-square-foot office in New York City, the company told Business Insider on Friday, confirming an earlier report in the Wall Street Journal.

Amazon announced plans to open a big, new office in New York City on Friday, instantly rekindling the heated arguments that engulfed its failed efforts to build a second headquarters in the city nearly a year ago. Amazon has signed a lease for a new 335,000-square-foot office in New York City, the company told Business Insider on Friday, confirming an earlier report in the Wall Street Journal.

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