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By 1936, New York received one-seventh of the federal funding allocated to Depression-era work relief nationwide.

Dwarkesh Patel · What I learned about power from LBJ and Robert Moses · 29 Oct 2026

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“And because of that, by 1936, New York was getting one-seventh of the money that the federal government had set aside for Depression era work relief for the entire nation.”
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