Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is back tracking on her opposition to Amazon building its second headquarters in New York and would likely support it if the process is done with community input, her top aide revealed.

'We welcome a process, we welcome having a community process, but I don't know where the talks are at at this stage,' Saikat Chakrabarti, Ocasio-Cortez chief of staff, told Bloomberg Television.

'What she was vocal about was the process by which it happened, the deal,' Chakrabarti said. 'Amazon is the company that chose to step away from the negotiating table.'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is back tracking on her opposition to Amazon building its headquarters in New York

Ocasio-Cortez had opposed Amazon's plans to open a second headquarters in New York and celebrated when they announced they would not move there after all

The remarkable change in gears comes after the congresswoman was heavily criticized for her opposition to the deal, which would have brought an estimated 25,000 jobs to the area.

Amazon cited her opposition as part of the reason they changed their mind about building in Queens, a billboard went in Times Square offering a mocking 'thanks' to Ocasio-Cortez for her opposition while members of both parties criticized her for helping kill the deal.

Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest member of Congress and a self-described socialist, celebrated when Amazon announced it would not be building a second headquarters in Queens, near her congressional district.

'Anything is possible: today was the day a group of dedicated, everyday New Yorkers & their neighbors defeated Amazon's corporate greed, its worker exploitation, and the power of the richest man in the world,' she tweeted at the decision.

But she also came under fire from both Democrats and Republicans when she argued the $3 billion in tax breaks offered to Amazon to build a second headquarters in Queens, New York, would be better spent hiring teachers and fixing the city's crumbling subway system.

She responded to that criticism defensively with a prolonged twitter ranted, which consisted of a thread of seven tweets that repeatedly defended her mental prowess on the issue and ended on a whimsical note with a shrugging girl emoji.

Amazon deal detailed New York offered Amazon almost $3 billion in subsidies to build its second headquarters in Queens. Specifically, the online retailer would have received $897 million from the city’s Relocation and Employment Assistance Program (REAP) and $386 million from the Industrial & Commercial Abatement Program (ICAP), according to Curbed NY’s analysis of the deal. Both of those are tax credits - if Amazon reached 25,000 new jobs, it would not have to pay that amount in tax. The company would also net an additional $505 million in a capital grant - which is actual cash - and $1.2 billion in ‘Excelsior’ credits if its job creation goals were met. That brought the total amount of public funds in the form of expenditure and tax credits to $2.988 billion - or to put it another way - $48,000 per job. In return, officials predicted Amazon would generate $27.5 billion in state and city tax revenue over 25 years. This is based on the assumption that after the company started hiring in 2019, it would create 25,000 jobs over the next decade at an average salary of $150,000. Additionally, state officials predicted the building of Amazon’s 4 million square feet campus would create 1,300 construction jobs and 107,000 in total direct and indirect jobs. Amazon also agreed to allocate $5 million for workforce development and to host job training sessions and job fairs . The company also agreed to build a new school with as many as 600 seats on its campus, along with a tech startup incubator. Advertisement

Ocasio-Cortez had long been a strong opponent to Amazon's plans, citing rent hikes and local displacement - as seen around the tech firm's headquarters in Seattle - as grounds for why New York City should reject the company's proposal.

Amazon pushed the blame back on her and other opponents, saying they had created a hostile 'environment' for the company.

Speaking out about the withdrawal earlier this month, Amazon's head of policy communications, Jodi Seth, pointed blame at Ocasio-Cortez and her anti-Amazon rhetoric.

'If you talk to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, it's 'Never Amazon,'' she said.

Amazon's sprawling 8 million square feet campus was projected to bring an estimated 25,000 jobs to the area, with the city dangling a $3 billion tax break as collateral.

The plan was announced last November and would have created over $10 billion in revenue over the next 20 years.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the city lost a golden opportunity to be 'an emerging center for tech' and previously said the Amazon move was 'an extraordinary economic win not just for Queens and New York City, but for the entire region, from Long Island to Albany's nanotech center.'

Mayor Bill De Blasio released a statement on Thursday as well, but placed the blame on Amazon for 'throwing away' the opportunity rather than blaming politicians.

'You have to be tough to make it in New York City. We gave Amazon the opportunity to be a good neighbor and do business in the greatest city in the world,' de Blasio said in the statement.

'Instead of working with the community, Amazon threw away that opportunity. We have the best talent in the world and every day we are growing a stronger and fairer economy for everyone. If Amazon can't recognize what that's worth, its competitors will,' he added.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with her Chief of Staff Saikat Chakrabarti on Capitol Hill

She originally celebrated when Amazon announced they would not be coming to Queens after all

Trolled in Times Square: This billboard was put up in the center of New York city to attack Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Ocasio-Cortez had long been a strong opponent to Amazon's plans, citing rent hikes and local displacement as her reasoning

Amazon announced its cancelled plans earlier this month in a statement saying, 'We are disappointed to have reached this conclusion - we love New York.'

'For Amazon, the commitment to build a new headquarters requires positive, collaborative relationships with state and local elected officials who will be supportive over the long-term.

'While polls show that 70 percent of New Yorkers support our plans and investment, a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward with the project we and many others envisioned in Long Island City.'

The online retail giant announced its plans back in November to build the complex in Queens as one of two new headquarters. The other is planned for northern Virginia. Nashville, Tennessee was a finalist that was awarded a consolation prize of a 5,000-employee location.

Amazon said on Thursday it did not plan to re-open the yearlong search that drew 238 proposals from cities across North America.

'We will proceed as planned in Northern Virginia and Nashville, and we will continue to hire and grow across our 17 corporate offices and tech hubs in the U.S. and Canada,' the company said