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Both states have pledged to help Amazon with infrastructure upgrades, job-training programs
這兩個州都承諾通過升級基礎設施和發展職業培訓項目幫助亞馬遜，
and, in the case of New York, assistance “securing access to a helipad” — some of which did not come with a price tag.
并且，紐約州還提供了協助“確保進入直升機停機坪”的福利——其中一些福利并未明碼標價。
Still, in New York and Virginia, most top politicians hailed the Amazon news as a major victory, and the culmination of an aggressive sales job.
盡管如此，紐約和弗吉尼亞州最頂層的政客大都是歡欣雀躍，把亞馬遜的新聞視為一項重大勝利，也視為一項積極推銷工作的高潮。
“We had an unprecedented opportunity to add to the number of jobs,” Mr. de Blasio said on Tuesday.
“我們爭取到了一個千載難逢的增加就業的機遇，”德布拉西奧周二表示。
The project is a “transformational opportunity to diversify the economy” of Northern Virginia, which is heavily dependent on government contracting,
該項目是北弗吉尼亞州“經濟多元化的轉型機會”，因為該州的經濟嚴重依賴政府的承包合同系統，
said Stephen Moret, president and chief executive of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership.
弗吉尼亞州經濟發展合作組織總裁兼首席執行官斯蒂芬·莫雷特說。
New York’s sales pitch began in September 2017,
紐約2017年9月就開始自我宣傳了，
immediately after Amazon began its search for a second headquarters that Mr. Bezos promised would be a “full equal to our Seattle headquarters.”
那時，亞馬遜才剛開始著手為他們的第二個總部選址，但貝索斯先生承諾第二總部“相比我們的西雅圖總部絲毫不會遜色”。
Amazon executives had realized that if its projections were right, the company needed a plan for its fast growth,
亞馬遜高管們已經意識到，如果公司的預測是正確的，那么，他們就需要一個快速增長的計劃，
said Jay Carney, a senior vice president at Amazon.
亞馬遜高級副總裁杰伊·卡尼說。
It made the search public because “you can’t quietly talk to cities about investing $5 billion and creating 50,000 jobs,” he said.
公司公開第二總部選址的消息，是因為“牽涉到50億美元的投資，5萬個就業機會的事情你沒法兒悄悄地和城市方面談，”他說。
Shortly after the announcement, a group of Long Island City leaders,
消息宣布后不久，一群長島市的領導人，
including Elizabeth Lusskin, the president of the Long Island City Partnership, a business group,
包括“長島城市伙伴關系”，一個商業集團，的總裁伊麗莎白·魯斯金，
and Alan Suna, the chief executive of Silvercup Studios, a film and television studio there,
和長島的一家影視公司“銀杯影視公司”的首席執行官艾倫·蘇納，
were meeting to discuss their plans to bring biotech and life science companies to the neighborhood.
就開會討論了將生物技術和生命科學公司引入長島的計劃。
But they quickly began talking about Amazon, according to Mr. Suna.
但他們很快就開始談起了亞馬遜，據蘇納先生說。
Within a month, about 16 sites in the neighborhood had been identified, including the parcels along the waterfront eventually chosen by Amazon.
一個月內，他們就大約指定了附近的16個落點，其中就有亞馬遜最終敲定的沿著濱海區的幾塊地。
The area is now a combination of public and private land that includes a distribution center for city school lunches, warehouses, studios and an outdoor bar and grill.
該地區現在已經融合了公共用地和私人用地，包括城市學校午餐，倉庫，工作室和戶外酒吧和燒烤的配送中心。
When New York City submitted its bid to the company, just a few weeks later,
幾周后，紐約市向亞馬遜報價時，
Long Island City was one of four spots proposed,
長島市就成了四個備選地點之一，
along with Lower Manhattan, Midtown Manhattan’s West Side and an area in central Brooklyn.
其他三個分別是曼哈頓下城，曼哈頓中城西區和布魯克林市中心的一個區域。
By January, Amazon narrowed the list to 20 locations, including New York.
到1月份，亞馬遜將范圍縮小到了包括紐約在內的20個地點。
Amazon visited in April, July and September, said a person familiar with the meetings.
一位知情人士稱，亞馬遜分別于4月，7月和9月考察了那些地方。
The executives narrowed their search to sites on the West Side of Manhattan and in Long Island City before finally settling on the Queens neighborhood.
高管們先是將他們的搜索范圍縮小到了曼哈頓西部和長島市內，但最終選定了皇后區附近。
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