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 Three men sought in violent slashing 
 138th Street and Queens  
 Boulevard  when  they  
 were  approached  by  three  
 unidentified men. 
 The suspects proceeded  
 to slash the victims with  
 an unknown  sharp object,  
 then  fled  in  an  unknown  
 direction. 
 At this time, sources  
 familiar  with  the  
 investigation said, police  
 have not yet established a  
 motive for the attack. 
 Officers  from  the  
 107th Precinct and EMS  
 units responded to the  
 incident. One victim  
 suffered lacerations to  
 the face and hand while  
 the other sustained  
 a laceration across  
 his forehead. 
 Paramedics rushed  
 the victims to Jamaica  
 Hospital; both were listed  
 in stable condition. 
 On April 26, the 107th  
 Precinct  tweeted  out  
 photos of the suspects. 
 Anyone  with  infoi  can  
 call the 107th Precinct  
 Detective Squad at  
 718-969-6844. 
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 Photos via Twitter/@NYPD107Pct 
 skeptical eye at the retail  
 giant’s  proposal  to  build  
 in Anable Basin and the  
 possibility of receiving $3  
 billion in tax incentives. 
 “We can create those  
 jobs without marginalizing  
 people,”  Ocasio-Cortez  
 said. “Are those the jobs  
 that they’re giving the folks  
 in  NYCHA,  are  those  jobs  
 going to our community?  
 Or  are  we  just  importing  
 already  wealthy  people  
 to  displace  us  …  It’s  not  
 about,  ‘Are  we  making  
 25,000  jobs’;  it’s  about  ‘Are  
 we creating 25,000 jobs that  
 guarantee healthcare, that  
 have dignified work where  
 you’re not working 80 to  
 100 hours a week just to get  
 by?'” 
 State leaders who  
 helped broker the deal  
 with  Amazon  expressed  
 dismay in the fallout of the  
 deal,  namely  Lieutenant  
 Governor  Kathy  Hochul,  
 who told QNS in February  
 that  misinformation  about  
 the deal may have caused it  
 to go bad. 
 “The  loss  of  revenue  
 to  the  state,  the  loss  to  the  
 suppliers, loss to the local  
 businesses that would  
 benefit from an infusion of  
 workers walking into little  
 bakeries and delicatessens,”  
 Hochul  said  during  the  
 February interview. “And  
 even Queensbridge, there  
 were a lot of people that  
 were anxiously awaiting  
 what opportunities  
 Amazon could bring to  
 them  and  giving  them  the  
 opportunity to get real job  
 training  in  skills  that  are  
 highly marketable.” 
 Although  Hochul  did  
 not point any fingers, she  
 claimed opposition leaders  
 were not factual in their  
 message that the $3 billion  
 in tax cuts were predicated  
 on the creation of jobs. 
 At the April 27 town hall,  
 however, Ocasio-Cortez  
 clarified her belief that  
 Amazon was not entitled to  
 any tax write-off, especially  
 when the income taxes gain  
 by the state would come  
 mostly from the workers  
 making headquarters run. 
 The  congresswoman  
 also projected the belief that  
 the state Urban Development  
 Corporation and city  
 Economic Development  
 Corporation were offering  
 to build Amazon’s helipads.  
 Although no money from  
 the government was part  
 of this facet of the deal,  
 the two agencies would be  
 helping to place the off-site  
 helipads. 
 “People like to say that  
 all $3 billion was a tax  
 break;  it  wasn’t,”  Ocasio- 
 Cortez  said.  “There  was  
 also a very large immediate  
 capital investment that was  
 happening in this deal. We  
 were building Amazon’s  
 helipads for them. So I  
 was asking, ‘If we’ve got  
 the money to buy helipads,  
 then why don’t we have hot  
 water on a consistent basis  
 in public housing?'” 
 Although placement  
 of the helipads was to be  
 coordinated with  the FAA,  
 a spokeswoman from the  
 city agency claimed this  
 was also misinformation  
 that any capital investment  
 in  this  facet  of  the  project  
 was part of the deal. 
 After approval from the  
 FAA and other agencies,  
 the EDC spokeswoman said  
 Amazon would be required  
 to build an pay for its  
 own helipads. 
 Ocasio-Cortez looked to  
 her Green New Deal, which  
 has not made many strides  
 at the federal level, as a  
 job creator that could be a  
 replacement to the potential  
 jobs Amazon reneged on  
 bringing. 
 “The  president  of  the  
 United States is saying crazy  
 things about it so you know  
 it’s making a difference,”  
 she said. 
 The  congresswoman  
 added that the NYC Green  
 New Deal — which Mayor  
 Bill  de  Blasio  announced  
 earlier in the week — could  
 generate  25,000  jobs  after  
 being  passed  by  the  City  
 Council earlier this month  
 and aims for a 40 percent  
 decrease in emissions by  
 2030. 
 Also  discussed  at  the  
 town  hall  at  Corona’s  
 Elmcor Youth and Adult  
 Activities  was  education  
 at the national level where  
 Ocasio-Cortez  voiced  
 support for tuition-free  
 education and student  
 loan forgiveness. 
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