"Amazon HQ2 will strain spaces and systems on which all New Yorkers rely"

Amazon HQ2 will only exacerbate New York City's already stretched infrastructure, cramped public spaces and sky-high rents, says Alan G Brake in this Opinion column.Amazon has announced it will locate tens of thousands of high-paying tech jobs in New York City. Instead of swelling urban pride and a sense of opportunity, the company's expansion has prompted well-founded dread of skyrocketing housing costs, overburdened infrastructure, and degraded public space.
These fears reflect the already poo