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Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 02:47 AM Jan 2020

Well Amazon is coming here to NY

TOWN OF MONTGOMERY — Amazon has finally confirmed that it will occupy a proposed warehouse of more than one million square feet at the intersection of routes 17K and 747, which would be the largest building in Orange County.

The 1,010,880-square-foot warehouse is proposed as a non-sortable fulfillment center, which would be one of the company’s more than 75 fulfillment centers across the country. This center would house bulky items such as patio furniture and outdoor equipment.

The project would be built on about 190 acres of land, and it would include 1,060 car parking spaces, 225 trailer parking spaces and a water-waste treatment plant.

After the warehouse has been given the green light from the Town Board, Zoning Board of Appeals and Planning Board, the application goes back to the town’s Industrial Development Agency seeking a tax break of $25.3 million.


[link:https://www.recordonline.com/news/20200106/amazon-its-occupant-of-proposed-warehouse-in-montgomery|]

I just hate that the IDA is asked to give such a large tax break. In Orange County we're hit with heavy tax bill for both property and school. Trumps tax break cut off deducting these taxes from our tax returns. The location is the next town over from me but will give them direct access to Stewart International Airport and the major interstate. I just checked they may be able to tap a small regional rail which is out in the quadrent, that services commercial customers. For months they've hidden themselves.

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msongs

(67,394 posts)
1. amazon is a parasite but thrives because people care not for the welfare of others as much
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 03:55 AM
Jan 2020

as they do knocking a few cents off their made in china stuff

mitch96

(13,890 posts)
3. It's only about 10 mies from the Newburg airport also
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 06:57 AM
Jan 2020

That's a big plus for Amazon also. Not as busy and the NY metro airports and close to major highways... Hope it works out for the town..
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3Hotdogs

(12,372 posts)
4. The town ain't gonna get many bennies from this.
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 08:05 AM
Jan 2020

Shit jobs and no taxes unless they institute a payroll tax.

mitch96

(13,890 posts)
6. It's been a while since I was in that neck of the woods.
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 11:31 AM
Jan 2020

I lived across the river in Poughkeepsie and Millbrook... Raced on the Hudson right under the Beacon Newburgh bridge.. Fun times..
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