N.Y.S. Emergency Public Works Commission, 345
N.Y.S. Factory Investigation Commission, 123-6
N.Y.S. Highway Department, 128, 140; and public works on L.I., 213, 221, 233
N.Y.S. Housing Division, 805
N.Y.S. Land Board, 193, 195,197,200,211
N.Y.S. Legislature, 96, 98, 105, 119, 120, 132, 140, 261, 300, 304, 528-9, 655, 1119, 1120, 1123-9, 1132; Assembly, 88, 118-27; and Battery Crossing fight, 659, 660, 668; RM and, 465-6, 623, 635-6, 685, 703, 707, 719-20, 743, 759, 761, 773, 777, 923, 1023, 1056, 1062-3; RM's contempt for, 242-3, 256, 259, 262; and patronage, 256, 305, 465-6; and public authorities, 617, 624-5, 628, 716, 751 n.; and public works, 156, 163-68, 171, 174-7, 186, 188, 189, 191, 193,
N.Y.S. Legislature (cont.)
194-202, 205, 210-11, 220, 225, 226, 246-7, 249, 277, 278, 289, 301, 310-11, 312, 313, 319, 340, 345, 360-1, 376, 413, 538, 844, 848, 1084; and reorganization of state government, 96-7, 103, 108-11, 137, 141, 260; Senate, 136-7, 139, 262-3; see also Democratic Party; Republican Party
N.Y.S. Power Authority, 403, 580, 710; bonds of, 732; RM as chairman, 595, 1023, 1051, 1060, 1061-2, 1074-8, 1091, 1133
N.Y.S. Public Service Commission, 316-17, 403-4
N.Y.S. Public Works Department, 15, 212, 581, 708-10, 883; funds of, 312, 714-15, 747; RM's control of, 708-11, 714, 769, 775, 844; RM's veto power from, 15, 710, 924; and public works on L.I., 212
N.Y.S. Retirement Board, 729, 1073
N.Y.S. Secretary of State, 297-8;
RM as, 262-5, 296, 297-8, 581, 584; RM as Smith's surrogate, 281
N.Y.S. Temporary Emergency Relief Administration, 344, 346, 404
New York State Thruway, 817
New York Sun, 378, 409, 516, 556
New York Times, The, 92, 214, 309, 379 n., 398, 435, 437, 448, 457-8, 500, 512, 517-18, 603, 654, 662, 694, 705, 716, 770, 777, 783, 787, 811, 845, 869, 877, 909, 991, 992, 994, 1014, 1021, 1035-6, 1047, 1065, 1078, 1079, 1097, 1099, 1116, 1128, 1138, 1157; and La Guardia, 354, 433, 614; RM criticized, 421, 1095-6, 1100, 1109; RM supported and praised, 238, 297, 305, 378, 407, 458, 460-2, 504, 512, 520, 555-6, 563, 681, 764-5, 902, 966, 982, 987, 992, 1009, 1015, 1049, 1053; public works, 190-1, 197-9, 201, 204, 372, 516; Title I, 977, 978, 982, 1009-10, 1039, 1048-9, 1051, 1053-4, 1058; transportation, 895, 903, 912, 914, 9I5-I6, 917, 932-3, 954
New York World, 122, 238, 297, 351
New York World-Telegram, 358, 407, 432, 457, 473, 869; RM criticized, 408-9; RM supported, 378, 379, 509
New York World-Telegram and Sun, 991, 992, 1096; RM criticized, 994, 998, 999, 1032; RM supported and praised, 1005; Title I, 983, 1005-13, 1018-19, 1021-2, 1024-5, 1040-51 passim, 1054
New York World's Fair (1939-40), in, 654, 1062, 1084, 1092, 1093
New York World's Fair (1964-65), 728, 1086-94; admission fee, 1102, 1108, mi, 1112; amusements, 1100, 1106-7; attendance, 1102-3, 1104, mi, n 12;
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banks and, 1090, 1104-6, 1107, , 1112-13; con es, IO89
1093, 1098, 1110; cost of, 10 financial problems of, 1102-13; foreign exhibition-,, 1092, 1093-4 and n., 1098; funds for, 1087, 1090 1 1113-14; honest graft and, 1087-9, 1090, 1098, 1108; industrial exhibitions, 927, 1094, 1098; insurance premiums, 1087-8; lavish spending on, 1088-9, 1108; layout, 1092-3; legal fees, 1090; maintenance, 1087, 1088-9, 1101, 1104, 1108; RM as president, 1059-63, 1078, 1082, 1086-14; RM's falsifying facts for, 1097, 1104; Pinkerton guards, 1089, 1104, 1108, 1111; power derived from, 1061, 1087-8, 1090; public relations, 1089, 1094-5, 1097-8, 1104; records of, 1097, 1108; rents, 1092, 1101; Science Museum, 1100, 1113; tax audit of, 1109; unions and, 736-7, 1088-9, 1090, 1101, 1104, 1108 New York Zoological Society, 678-82,
686 Niagara Falls Power Company, 247-8,
249, 250-2 Niagara Frontier Bridge Authority, 345 Niagara-Hudson Holding Company, 403 Niagara River, 403 Niagara State Park, 8, 9, 13, 195, 246-56, 710, 825, 828, 1023, 1065, 1080; dam, 1041, 1058, 1078; Falls in, 240, 247 Nichols, Mary Perot, 1022, 1104 Nixon, Richard, 735, 826, 1041, 1160 nonwhites, see Harlem; Jones Beach State Park; Moses, Robert; Negroes; Puerto Ricans; relocation and
EVICTION PRACTICES
Northern Boulevard (Route 25-A), 147, 153-4, 156, 339, 388, 896, 956
Northern State Parkway, 8, 184-5, 277-80, 281-2, 302-3 and n., 311, 314, 339, 341, 343, 485, 666-7, 896, 941, 943, 950, 953; alternate route for, 300-3, 317, 405; compromise delaying construction of, 210-n, 212, 237; cost of, 301; Kahn deal over, 277-8, 279, 299-303, 405; LI- barons and, 205, 211, 277-8, 279, 299-303, 318, 405; RM's acquisition of land for, 185, 195, 205, 277, 279, 299; tenant eviction for, 279-80; traffic congestion on, 515, 956
North Shore Almanack, 406
Novick, Morris S., 612
Nugent, Helen, 1046
Oak Beach, 311, 875, 1146, 1150, H54, 1160
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Oakes, John, 992, 1095 O'Brien, Ed, 1089, 1090, 1126 O'Brien, John P., 325, 327, 345, 346,
347, 357, 359
O'Casey, Sean, 1030
Ocean Parkway, 222, 233, 234, 311-12, 313, 896
Ochs, Adolph S., 198-9, 239, 458, 461, 654
O'Connell, Dan and Ed, 414
O'Connor, Basil, 307, 417
O'Dwyer, Paul, 757, 765, 776
O'Dwyer, William, 682, 709, 755-6 and n., 794, 813, 1089; campaigns for mayor, 699-700, 723, 756, 771, 775, 778-9, 786; corruption and, 786-7; as district attorney, 755-6; as mayor, 3, 9, 463, 706, 724, 734, 756-8, 761-71, 775-8, 779-87, 793, 795, 796, 848, 903, 921, 1045; RM and, 704-5, 706-7, 757, 76i-5, 771-9, 782, 783, 785, 801, 803, 806, 1015; and RM, confrontations with, 765-71; and public works, 685, 757, 768-71; resignation of, 787; Tammany and, 699, 700-1, 740, 768, 770, 787; and UN, 771-5
Ogden, William, 987
O'Keefe, Paul, 803, 1059
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 333-4, 335, 374,921,984
Olvany, George W., 293, 321
O'Malley, Walter, 1018
Openhym, Wilfred, 589, 591, 592, 601
Opotowsky, Stan, 1098
Orchard Beach, 363, 365-7, 487, 508, 573; Tammany's restrictive regulations, 331, 335, 363, 366
Orient Beach State Park, 8, 170, 238
Oriskany Battlefield, 239
Orton, Lawrence M., 659, 688, 781, 808-9; and Master Plan, 765, 766, 780-1, 783, 785, 792-3, 828;and urban renewal, 962-3, 965 n., 966-9, 976-7, 978, 983, 1006
O'Ryan, Gen. John F., 356, 416
Osborn, William Church, in
Ottinger, Albert, 192, 193, 196, 198, 292, 293
Outerbridge Crossing Bridge, 342, 924, 926
Owl's Head Park, 344, 373, 675
Oxford University, 48-55, 64, 570
Oyster Bay Township, 147 and n., 153, 204, 233, 237, 311
Palisades Interstate Park, 144-5, 34 2 Palisades Interstate Parkway, 773, 1070 Palma, Joseph A., 681-2 Palmer, Arthur, 1121-3, 1130, 1134 Panuch, J. Anthony, 1062-3, 1091-2
Papp, Joseph, 1026-39, 1041, 1049;
RM and, 1026, 1028, 1031, 1037;
politics of, 1026, 1029-32, 1035,
1037-8-Park Association of N.Y.C., 198, 199,
210, 305-6, 332, 333 "-, 340-4, 397,
433, 458-61, 493-4, 540, 548,
567, 568 Park Commissioner, see N.Y.C. Park
Commissioner parking garages and fields: funds for,
900; RM's authority funds for,
771, 928; N.Y.C, 459, 508, 769, 830,
896, 900, 917, 918, 919, 1014
parks:
general information: acquisition of land for, 182-220 passim, 234-7, 239, 289, 374-8, 1072, 1073, 1152; attendance,
238, 314, 385; cost of, 164, 221, 226, 237, 239; fees in, 318; funds for, 164-5, 166, 168, 181, 186, 192, 195, 211-12, 221, 225, 244, 247, 248, 265, 289-90, 313, 1072, 1073; maintenance, 164-6, 312, 319, 482; new leisure time increases interest in, 143-4, 166; patronage in, 256, 305, 331-2, 334, 335-6, 465-6; press support of,
168, 197-9, 213, 218, 240; public support of, 168, 193, 196, 201, 218, 257, 296-7, 310, 312-13, 424; public transportation banned
in, 492-3; recreational needs of city residents and, 10, 143-5, 147-8, 151, 153-6, 159, 161, 194-5, 238, 275, 288, 328, 341, 342-3, 378, 388, 481, 482, 834, 896, 1151; as source of power, 165, 255-6, 296, 360-2; state, 10, 156, 163-8, 239-40, 290, 297, 313, 3i8, 465, 478, 489, 619, 1072, 1073; see also New York City, public works in; N.Y.S. Council of Parks; public works; and individual parks
background and development, 10, 163-9, 172-7, 200, 220, 243-5
conservation approach, 159, 166, 239-40, 243, 246, 256, 317, 459, 481-2, 494-5, 545, 989
philosophy and concept: RM's, 159, 166-7, 171, 206, 237-40, 245-6, 287-8, 545, 546, 834-5, 952; parkways, 8, 11, 161-2, 163, 166-7, 171, 175, 239-40, 275, 287, 343, 483, 515, 1022; patriots and philanthropists, 163-8, 199-200,
239, 243-56, 317, 1152; reformers, 143, 145, 156-7, 159, 200, 331, 336-8, 340-4, 397, 399-400, 490-3, 540-9, 552, 560
recreation: active, see individual parks; philosophy, 7, 67, 159, 163, 167, 169, 220, 223, 237-8, 240, 243, 246, 385, 459, 481-2, 494-5, 545, 989
parkways, see parks: philosophy and concept; roads and highways
Parkway Village, 774
Parsons, Brinkerhoff Engineering firm, 1090
Pater, Walter, 39, 40-1
patronage: RM and, 18, 53, 243, 305, 349, 427, 465, 695, 714, 740, ion; in N.Y.C., 71, 74, 83, 122, 125, 128, 325, 326-7, 328, 331-2, 335-6, 360, 695, 700, 701, 711, 714, 740, 770; in N.Y.S., 98, 105, 242-3, 256, 262, 305, 465; and parks, 256, 305, 331-2, 334, 335-6, 465-6; in U.S., 53
Patterson, A. Holly, 1152
Patterson, Alicia, 1095
Pauchogue Corporation, 186, 189, 191,
193, 197, 215
Peck, Louis, 881
Pecora, Ferdinand, 788
Pedrick, Rose, 250, 267
Pegler, Westbrook, 569, 778
Pelham Bay Park, 363, 476
penal system, N.Y.S., 139-40, 142, 261, 265, 274
Penn Central Railroad, 934, 1133, 1135
people: and building of public works, 478-83, 523-4, 869-70, 876, 892, 969, 1153; and civil service, 76, 78-81; human vs. property rights, 403, 542, 803, 870; RM's contempt for, 11, 19, 49, 51, 52-5, 76, 242, 258, 275, 278-80, 318, 410, 419-21, 423-5, 484, 567, 573, 577, 578-9, 598, 753, 758-9, 817, 876, 996, 1020-1, 1023, 1038, 1127, 1153; poor, RM's prejudice against, 242, 318-19, 489-90, 512, 513-14, 533, 557-6o, 578, 579, 610, 687, 736, 758-60, 767, 777, 834, 909, 968, 1086 n., 1101; and public works, 18, 464-5, 657, 664, 677, 707, 744, 752-4, 785-6, 833-4, 847-9, 927; see also public, the
Perkins, Frances, 66-7, 103-4, 167, 221, 222, 285, 291, 292-3, 295-6, 318, 364, 380, 525, 532, 673, 1150; as N.Y.S. Industrial Commissioner, 276; as reformer, 91, 128, 132; as Secretary of Labor, 735
Pershing, Gen. John, 652
Peter Cooper Village, 7, 774, 805, 968
Philadelphia, 571, 772
Phillips, Wayne, 1039, 1049, 1053, 1054
Phipps, Henry, 149, 163, 184-5, 299
Phipps, Henry Carnegie, 184-5
Pittsburgh, 572
Planning Commission, see N.Y.C. Planning Commission
playgrounds: lack of, for poor, 20, 143, 335, 337, 509-12, 559, 852; in N.Y.C, 7, 20, 157, 332, 335, 372, 374, 377-8, 451-2, 455-6, 460, 480, 487, 488, 508-9, 566, 570, 571, 783,
793-4, 830, 846, 889, 984, 986, 989, 1002, 1129; supervisors, 337, , 5ii Plunkitt, George Washington, 703, 7]
727, 885 PM, 60c, 767, 902 Poirier and McLane Company, 738 Pokrass, Louis I., 1044 5, 1047 Poletti, Charles, 1090, 1092, 1093, 1094,
1125, 1127 Pope, Bayard F., 922 Port of London Authority, 615 Port of New York Authority, 329 n., 345, 615-16, 803, 912, 918, 921, 1093; airports, 759, 760, 766-7, 921, 930, 955; board, 922-3, 924; bonds, 617, 732; condemnations, 691-2, 695; cooperation with Triborough Authority, 921-6; funds for public works, 923, 925-6, 1055, 1129; Joint Program, 924-6, 927 and n. t 930, 932, 933, 934, 939, 940; land use, 750; mass transit aid proposed, 924; multipurpose, 616-17, 922, 924; revenues of, 737, 922-3, 926, 928-30, 1133; see also individual projects Post, Langdon W., 430, 434, 438-9, 440,
449 Post, Wiley, 652 Potter, Gen. William, 1111 power: and bill-drafting of RM, 140, 141, 174-6, 213, 246, 307, 308, 360, 361, 399-400, 529, 624-30, 704-5, 710; brokers, 754, 1020-1, 1023, 1118, 1125-9, 1130; economic, 17-19, 220, 610, 618, 621, 623, 631, 695, 722, 749, 751, 753-4, 768, 771-5, 783, 794, 920, 1056, 1061, 1078 Praeger, Capt. Emil F., 536, 538, 539,
887, 1092 Pratt, Charles, 149, 151, 403 Pratt, Ruth Baker, 403, 605, 1013 Pratt Institute Housing, 1008-9, 1040 Prendergast, William A., 63, 80-2, 1087 press, 16, 140, 271, 361, 372, 422, 530, 761, 767, 774, 777, 966, 988-9, 1076-8, 1096, 1112; attacked by RM, 409, 412, 425, 1052-5, 1096-1102, 1106, 1109, 1 in; failure to investigate RM, 512, 5M, 517, 5*9, 520, 525, 549, 556-7, 569, 690, 705, 797, 869, 876-7, 962, 966, 978-9, 982-3, 989, 998, 1020; information sources of, 1007-9, 1016-17, 1020, 1 045-50 passim; Jones Beach praised, 308-9; Master Plan, 782-3; MTA, 1136, 1137; RM criticized, 134, 408, 414, 416, 419, 425, 670, 681, 996, 999-1004, 1023, 1034, 1039, 1052-5, 1064, 1095, 1099, 1106, 1107-9, nil, 1114, 1131; RM supported and praised, 16-17, 198, 218, 238-9, 258, 263-4, 297, 309, 312, 378-9, 385,
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press (cont.)
399, 406-7, 432, 439, 440, 452, 462, 504, 506, 507, 509, 512, 515, 555-7, 568-71, 573, 575, 612, 681, 716-17, 902, 919, 979, 982-3, 987, 989, 996, 1014-16, 1023, 1039, 1042, 1055, 1063; RM's use of, 184, 190, 218, 424, 425, 431-2, 435-40, 457-8, 469-70, 473, 474, 475, 476, 499, 708, 726, 728, 782, 801, 845, 925, 977; national, 569-71; pictures in, 994-5; and politics, 73-4, 138, 358, 404, 701; and public works, 168, 189-91, 197-9, 213, 218, 240, 489, 748, 768-9, 770, 795; and reformers, 492, 493, 646, 672; role in Battle of Central Park, 990-1004; FDR and, 283, 314, 318, 574; Shakespeare Festival fight, 1031, 1034-9; Title I, 977, 978-9, 980, 981-3, 1006-13, 1016-25, 1039-59; transportation, 895, 902, 912, 915-16, 917; see also individual newspapers
Preusse, Charles J., 721, 727, 1090, 1098, 1099, 1120
Price, Joseph M., 200, 348, 350, 352, 356, 435, 436-7, 438, 567
Procaccino, Mario, 1156, 1160
Progressivism, 59-60, 78, 84, 87, 104, 106, 127
Proskauer, Joseph, 91, 128, 129, 137, 259, 285-6, 294, 295, 322, 408, 413, 417, 603, 782
Prospect Expressway, 6, 918, 921, 925
Prospect Park, 481, 741; renovation of, 371, 499; Zoo, 373
public, the, 404, 1079-80; and mass transit, 917-18; RM criticized, 424, 426, 429, 431, 440, 778, 782, 902-3, 987, 995, 999, 1033-4, 1039, 1162; RM supported and praised, 16-17, J 88, 193, 296-7, 310, 312-13, 319, 349, 359, 379, 385, 406, 426, 427, 432-5 passim, 440-1, 451-2, 457, 462, 464, 468, 517, 566-8, 571-3, 575, 581, 611, 631, 636, 657, 674, 681, 748, 767, 778, 1003; and public authorities, 633; and public works, 168, 193, 196, 201, 218, 257, 296-7, 310, 312-13, 316, 424, 489, 509, 622, 679-80, 748, 768-9, 770, 795, 902; and reformers, 646, 657, 662-3, 666; resignation about traffic congestion, 912-13, 914, 917; see also people
public authorities:
general information, 15-19, 360, 362, 614-36 passim; banks and, 535-6, 619, 639-40, 730-5, 760-1; civil service and, 472, 621; condemnations and, 623, 629; RM's identification with, 632-3, 716; N.Y. metropolitan area and, 632; politics and, 18, 716,
719, 727; power and, 614, 618, 623-31 passim, 677, 682, 751, 920, 925, 1005-6, 1055, 1071, 1118-19; public relations and, 633; revenues of, 617-18, 620, 621-3 passim, 628, 634, 695; secrecy in, 695, 705; wealth of, 17, 18, 727; see also Bethpage State Park Authority; Henry Hudson Parkway Authority; housing; Jones Beach State Park Authority; Marine Parkway Authority; Nassau County Bridge Authority; New York City, public works in; N.Y.C. Housing Authority; N.Y.C. Transit Authority; N.Y.C. Tunnel Authority; N.Y.S. Bridge Authority; N.Y.S. Power Authority; Niagara Frontier Bridge Authority; Port of London Authority; Port of New York Authority; public works;
ROADS AND HIGHWAYS; TRANSPORTATION;
Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority
history and development, 615-36;
confidentiality of records, 16-18, 632, 1005-6, 1041; created in
England, 615; economic potential, 618-19, 621-3, 625-6, 628; established for one public improvement, 616; as fourth branch of government, 624; indefinite existence, 624, 626; independence, 624, 628, 632, 716, 746-51; RM's bill-drafting for, 618, 624-30, 635; multipurpose, 616; powers, 623-30, 632, 635-6, 750; as self-liquidating organization, 616, 617-18, 625-6
revenue bonds, 16, 535, 758;
capitalization, 618-19, 625-6, 629, 631, 695; as contracts, 624, 629-30, 731, 750; open bidding on, 733-4; tax-exempt status, 17, 731, 732, 934
public works: appropriation of property for, 174, 177, 193; civil service and, 620-1; condemnations for, 156, 174, 193, 207; cost, 9, 733; cost, underestimating, 219, 220, 314, 345, 476-7, 549, 885; democracy and, 11, 18-19, 20, 316, 664, 753-4, 847-9, 9°9, 1153; Depression and,
344, 345-6, 372, 386, 616; driving-stakes technique, 218-19, 220, 225, 281, 313, 392, 475, 495, 535, 548-9, 569, 779, 797, 948, 986, 987, 990, 993; RM as consultant to cities and countries, 571-2, 787, 812, 927, 1070, 1159; RM's accomplishments in, 9, 237-40, 273-4, 307, 315-16, 328,
345, 359, 452, 463, 570-1, 619, 828-9, 940, 1091, 1153; RM's authority over city and state, 360-2, 466-7, 500, 548, 607, 714-15, 1133; RM's control of, 19, 464-5, 622, 694-5, 700-11 passim, 717-22 passim, 727, 746-54, 784, 795,
public works (cont.)
797, 9 2 7, 953. IQ 65; RM's dreams for, 172, 218, 245, 258, 619, 1152-3; RM's need to build, 452, 551, 631, 676, 807, 909, 940, 1153; neighborhood needs and disruption, 478-80, 481, 483, 488, 542, 847; openings, 824-6; people and, 18, 464-5, 478-83, 523-4, 657, 664, 677, 707, 744, 752-4, 785-6, 833-4, 847-9, 927, 969, 1153; politics and, 17-19, 187, 207-9, 257, 265, 308, 315-16, 345, 463, 549, 552, 608, 636, 681-2, 714, 748, 768, 770-1, 775, 778-9, 885, 927, 934, 1055-6; public support of, 168, 193, 196, 201, 218, 257,296-7, 310, 312-13, 3i6, 424, 489, 509, 622, 679-80, 748, 768-9, 770, 795, 902; purchasing property for, 156, 207; tenant eviction and relocation for, 11, 12, 19, 21, 847-9; tolls and admissions, 824-5, 909, 921, 924, 1132; tours of RM's accomplishments, 820-1, 823; unappropriated state land, 376; see also corruption and honest graft; Long Island State Park Commission; New Deal; New York City, public works in;
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