Henry Epstein
Henry Epstein was a Bronx politician who opposed the Cross Bronx Expressway project. Robert Moses destroyed his political career by exposing his extramarital affair.
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Henry Epstein was a politician in the Bronx who publicly opposed the routing of the Cross Bronx Expressway and proposed an alternative of shifting it two blocks south, which would greatly reduce the number of people displaced.
Moses destroyed Epstein's opposition by making known that Epstein had an extramarital affair, rather than re-evaluating the route or debating the arguments.
Epstein's alternative raised a question that remains valid today: when costs can be redistributed, who decides how they are distributed.
Caro reveals in "The Power Broker" that Bronx politician Henry Epstein, who opposed the Cross Bronx Expressway, was destroyed by Moses by exposing his extramarital affair.
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Henry Epstein was a politician in the Bronx who publicly opposed the routing of the Cross Bronx Expressway and proposed an alternative of shifting it two blocks south, which would greatly reduce the number of people displaced.
50%UnverifiedMoses destroyed Epstein's opposition by making known that Epstein had an extramarital affair, rather than re-evaluating the route or debating the arguments.
50%UnverifiedEpstein's alternative raised a question that remains valid today: when costs can be redistributed, who decides how they are distributed.
50%UnverifiedCaro reveals in "The Power Broker" that Bronx politician Henry Epstein, who opposed the Cross Bronx Expressway, was destroyed by Moses by exposing his extramarital affair.
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