AOC Claims Victory Over Amazon, But What Did New Yorkers Win?

Since news came down today that Amazon had cancelled plans to build its HQ2 in New York City, I've heard nothing but anger and dismay at work and on the street for all the jobs and opportunities that it will cost. The cancellation comes scarcely three and a half months after the company awarded Long Island City and Crystal City, Virginia their two new headquarters.

Much of the credit for this reversal belongs to newly elected Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who gleefully tweeted:

Anything is possible: today was the day a group of dedicated, everyday New Yorkers & their neighbors defeated Amazon’s corporate greed, its worker exploitation, and the power of the richest man in the world.

It isn't to say AOC doesn't have valid concerns. Why does the richest man in the world need millions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies to build new headquarters? Why doesn't Amazon treat its workers more fairly? These are the kinds of question however that warrant negotiation and compromise, not dogmatic demagoguery. 

So there won't be an Amazon HQ in Long Island City. There are plenty of other cities that would be plenty happy with having a second Amazon HQ in their city. At the moment, Amazon says it's not planning to build a second headquarters. That isn't stopping Connecticut's Democratic Governor Ned Lamont from persuading Amazon to set its sight an hour north in Stamford. AOC didn't defeat Amazon's "corporate greed". Amazon will just take that "corporate greed" somewhere else. 

While Amazon's NYC pullout is undoubtedly a political victory for AOC, what did New Yorkers win actually win today?