In Ashes of Amazon Fight, Tensions Emerge in Huge Bet on N.Y.C. Housing NYT | Top Stories By: Mihir Zaveri 6 October 2025 at 21:34 Years ago, progressives defeated a plan to build headquarters for Amazon in Queens. Now a new kind of development is gaining their support. © Karsten Moran for The New York TimesThe Hunters Point section of Long Island City, Queens, would transition from warehouses and parking lots to more housing and green space under a proposed rezoning effort.