New York Daily News

It’s unexplored Amazon for Bill

- Erin Durkin

MAYOR DE BLASIO is courting Amazon to put its new headquarte­rs in New York — but says he’s never once ordered from the tech giant himself.

De Blasio, brandishin­g his oldfashion­ed flip phone, told reporters Monday that online shopping is just not his style.

“What do you think? Do you not know me by now?” Hizzoner joked when a reporter asked if he’d ever bought anything from the website. “I have never ordered from Amazon. That’s no disrespect to Amazon. God bless Amazon. I believe in bricks and mortar.”

De Blasio allowed that his wife, Chirlane McCray, does order from the site.

“I am not speaking for the First Lady, who uses all methodolog­ies,” he said.

But his lack of enthusiasm for online shopping has not dampened de Blasio’s drive to convince the massive company, which has announced a search for a second headquarte­rs site, to come to the city.

“We have a lot to offer them. We’re going to work very hard at it,” he said.

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