we welcome on the telephone a leader in new york real estate, bill rudin. k you for joining us today. we knew amazon was thinking about it. i was not prepared for it. was the real estate community prepared for it? bill: we all had a sense that something was in the winds. we were hopeful. we started seeing a more forceful response by community leaders. reverend taylor and april simpson, who runs the queensbury housing, they organized a press conference this week. people went up to albany to present their case of why they wanted these jobs and why it was important to have amazon come to long island city. it was about creating opportunities for people, not just in long island city, but throughout new york. it was very disappointing. there's an article in "the new york times," why tech could keep getting ground in new york without amazon. we are positive about the fundamentals in new york. google, facebook and other tech companies -- bloomberg just renewed its lease in midtown manhattan. there's tremendous growth opportunities. why was amazon coming to new york?

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