THE CITY OF NEW YORK

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR

NEW YORK, NY 10007

October 16, 2017

Mr. Jeff Bezos

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Amazon
410 Terry Avenue North
Seattle, Washington 98109-5210

Dear Mr. Bezos:

We are proud to present New York Citys response to Amazons search for a new
headquarters. New York is already home to key aspects of Amazons film, retail, tech and
marketing businesses. We are enthusiastic about expanding that footprint with HQ2.

The case for New York City is simple: we are the global capital of commerce, culture and
innovation. No city has a greater diversity of talent, of industries, and of collisions that fuel great
ideas and companies.

The brightest minds and innovators want to live in New York. The people who live and
come here experience a quality of life unlike anywhere else, from our incomparable public
spaces and cultural institutions to our dynamic neighborhoods. This is the safest big city in
America, an open city that welcomes people from every corner of the country and the globe.

We are not just a magnet for talent; we produce it. Our public school system, our public
and private universities, and our workforce training programs embrace new technologies and
partnership with the private sector. We are the largest city in the nation to offer computer science
in every grade. We founded a Tech Talent Pipeline that trains New Yorkers1,500 in just two
yearsto fill in-demand positions at major firms. We welcome the opportunity to engage
Amazon in this incredible apparatus, to ensure the ready-to-work talent necessary for your
companys growth.

New York City has long been the financial capital of the world and boasted strength in
sectors like media, fashion and advertising. And our economy has built upon those strengths by
embracing technology and innovation. In the span of a decade, New Yorks tech sector has
evolved from a cluster of pure-tech start-ups to an ecosystem of more than 350,000 workers
permeating nearly every industry. All the elements of Amazons emerging businesses have
strong foundations across the five boroughs, representing a pool of talent and partners that exist
nowhere else.
 Our public sector has a tried and tested capacity to engage with communities and across
industries to achieve ambitious goals, be it implementing a truly universal Pre-K education
system, establishing a municipal ID program now used by more than a million New Yorkers,
growing the largest public bike sharing system in North America, or launching the first citywide
public ferry service in a century in barely two years-time. From education to infrastructure, this
is a city that can deliver.

We hope Amazon will closely consider the totality of what New York is ready to deliver
on Day One.

Companies dont just come to New York. They become part of New York,
interconnected with our civic life, our institutions and our broader economy. We want Amazon
to be part of the New York story.

Sincerely,

Bill de Blasio
Mayor