Upstate fiscal conservatives armed Moses by underestimating total program costs

Evidence

Economy, moreover, was as important to them as delay; their upstate conservatism had been affronted by the thought of spending even a million dollars on parks and parkways in a single section of the state; they could see that the actual amount involved would eventually be far higher than the million, but they wanted to keep it down to the bare minimum that they felt was all the state could afford. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 930

Categorization

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Broader Connections

• Moses’ authority projects secretly cost taxpayers billions in hidden subsidies #expands (0.75) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 90