Amazon's current headquarters are located in Seattle, Washington, and employ more than 45,000 workers.
However, in 2017, Amazon announced it was on the hunt for a second headquarters, dubbed HQ2.
Amazon received 238 proposals as cities across America tried to win over the e-commerce giant.
In January 2018, Amazon revealed its shortlist of 20 regions.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdAfter months of deliberation and rumors, Amazon announced in November 2018 it would actually split the second headquarters between New York and Virginia.
New York's HQ2 bid was strongly supported by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio.
However, while Virginians and local politicians there reacted mostly positively to the news, New Yorkers were less optimistic about HQ2.
New York politicians began speaking out against Amazon's HQ2 plans almost immediately after plans to develop the headquarters in Queens were announced.
"Amazon is a billion-dollar company," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted in November. "The idea that it will receive hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks at a time when our subway is crumbling and our communities need MORE investment, not less, is extremely concerning to residents here."
"Offering massive corporate welfare from scarce public resources to one of the wealthiest corporations in the world at a time of great need in our state is just wrong," City Council member Jimmy Van Bramer and state Sen. Michael Gianaris, both of whom represent Long Island City, said in a scathing joint statement.
"We were not elected to serve as Amazon drones," they added.
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A proposed $3 billion in tax incentives infuriated politicians and New Yorkers.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdIn late November, protesters stormed an Amazon Books store in Manhattan.
Amazon was slammed in the first of a series of planned hearings about Amazon's HQ2 deal in December.
In January, New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson told Business Insider that HQ2 was not "a done deal."
Amazon began mailing New Yorkers ads touting the benefits of HQ2.
In late January, Amazon unveiled a new set of plans to win over New Yorkers.
In a second New York City council meeting, Amazon pledged to reach out to small businesses, offer customer-service jobs to residents of local public housing developments, and work on secondary and higher education initiatives.
"We were invited to come to New York, and we want to invest in a community that wants us," Brian Huseman, VP of public policy at Amazon, said in prepared remarks. "That's why we're excited to announce several new developments since we were last before the City Council."
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next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdIn early February, news broke that a noted Amazon critic had been nominated for a position in which he could veto HQ2.
On February 8, The Washington Post reported that Amazon was reconsidering its plan to open a campus in New York.
"The question is whether it's worth it if the politicians in New York don't want the project, especially with how people in Virginia and Nashville have been so welcoming," one person familiar with Amazon's plans told The Post.
On February 14, it was official: Amazon had canceled New York's HQ2.
Amazon said it made the decision because "a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward with the project."