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A half century later after its creation, the same powers the UDC once employed to build affordable housing and combat urban blight are now channeled for an entirely different purpose.

Slam dunk, my friend.

"It's a transfer of wealth to the corporations — that's the only objectively true thing you can say about it."

On Thursday, Governor Cuomo announced that the e-commerce giant will be opening an administrative office in Hudson Yards, where the company plans to create 2,000 new jobs in finance, sales, marketing and information technology.