We wish Amazon success with its new headquarters in Crystal City, Virginia, and Long Island City in Queens, New York.
Amazon still has major locations in New Jersey and it is both a great employer and good corporate citizen.
We express our appreciation to all of our elected officials who did their utmost to bring Amazon’s new headquarters to Newark.
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce now strongly urges our state government leaders to take the tax incentives offered to Amazon and make them available to the legion of small and medium sized companies already situated in New Jersey and loyally doing business here.
We believe if these economic incentives are directed to New Jersey companies, the positive impact would equal, if not exceed, the impact we would have seen had Amazon established its headquarters here.
We need to remember that small and medium sized companies are the backbone of New Jersey's economy and they create many of the new jobs here.
We are obligated to do everything we can to retain these businesses and provide them with the best and most dynamic platform on which to grow.