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AOC, Sanders Say I Told You So, as Amazon, Facebook Come to NYC

-- Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders are taking a victory lap after Amazon.com Inc.

Amazon signed a lease on Friday for 335,000 square feet in the Hudson Yards neighborhood, enough space for more than 1,500 workers.

Ocasio-Cortez, who represents parts of the Bronx and Queens, was a vocal critic of Amazons doomed HQ2 deal, and she tweeted that the companys recent lease proved she was right.

Sanders, who has slammed Amazon for warehouse working conditions and the companys low federal tax rate, weighed in this weekend, too.

Their comments were pilloried by some on Twitter, who said that 1,500 Amazon jobs are a fraction of the companys earlier plan to bring about 25,000 workers to the area.

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