Moses maintained secret dossiers documenting legislative payoffs

Evidence

When, in the Notes that follow, I cite the “Secret TBTA Files,” I refer to the secret files of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, kept under lock and key to this day on Randall’s Island, barred for forty years to inspection by public or press, none of whose contents has, to the best of my knowledge, ever been revealed. It was some of those files, made available to me, that became the primary source of the information in this book on such political payoffs as insurance premium commissions to selected legislators. In those files—the legendary Moses dossiers—are the frankest of memos on who’s getting what, and why. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 4773

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Moses edited and sanitized public audit reports of his agencies — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 4778; Moses disguised a power grab as a coordination speech — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 2601; Robert Moses weaponized personal dossiers to coerce city officials — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 76

Broader Connections

• Moses edited and sanitized public audit reports of his agencies #corroborates (0.85) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 4778
• Moses disguised a power grab as a coordination speech #expands (0.75) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 2601