Moses’ agencies outspent New York’s entire elected government.

Evidence

During that period, agencies controlled by Moses and largely independent of any supervision by the city’s government spent on public works within the city close to four and a half billion dollars. The city’s government—Mayor, Board of Estimate, City Council—was able during that period to spend, through all its separate departments, a total of less than three and three quarter billion dollars. Robert Moses spent on public works within the City of New York more—far more—than the city spent. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 3034

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• XREF: connects to: Moses simultaneously headed seven separate park and road agencies — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 1605