Amazon’s announcement that it will bring tens of thousands of high-paying jobs to New York reinforces what we’ve long known to be the case: that New York City is the most fertile ground to build and grow technology companies.

Tech:NYC Executive Director Julie Samuels released the following statement after reports surfaced that Google is planning a large New York City expansion and that Amazon could select Long Island City as one of two locations for HQ2.

Tech:NYC hosted the Drones 101 edition of Policy Labs with our friends at DJI.