New York’s donated state parks were neglected and going unused before Moses.

Evidence

In 1923, the total legislative appropriation for upkeep of state parks would be $30,000. The philanthropists or their descendants or the historical societies designated in their wills to administer the parks had to pay for their upkeep. Permanent improvements—even comfort stations—were all but unheard of. Most parks could not be reached by automobile. In 1922, those state parks that did exist in New York went all but unused. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 728

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: New York had essentially no real state parks before Moses built them. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 727; Moses turned New York garbage dumps and mud flats into hundreds of parks — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 48

Broader Connections

• Moses turned New York garbage dumps and mud flats into hundreds of parks #contradicts (0.85) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 48