blake my sources are saying this is all about unions

something is fishy here...amazon is hiding something cause they gave up WAY too easily.
I initially thought the same as well, but being from NYC and a union member I can tell you first hand NYC would not have been a friendly place for the type of labor Amazon seems so committed to practicing. There would be rallies held there everyday until they unionized their workers and gave them better conditions. It would have been a very ugly fight for them. They knew that once they conceded, it would set a precedent they wouldn't like, so them pulling out makes perfect sense.