Robert Moses used his bill-drafting skill to write laws that governed him and to give himself powers that legislators voting on his bills did not know they were granting.

“How did he get that much power, and how did he keep it? Part of the answer is that Moses wrote the laws that governed him. He was called the best bill drafter in Albany, and he used that skill to write himself powers that the legislators voting on his bills didn't know that they were granting.”