Commissioner of Docks and Ferries of the City of New York

At the time the charter revision passed, he was a state senator representing the Fourth District in Manhattan.Their duties were established and defined by the commissioners of the sinking fund, which was responsible for all aspects of the city's borrowing and debt.Money for the repair and construction of wharves, piers, and slips was originally limited by the charter to $350,000, but the loose wording in this section of the charter allowed for many other expenses that quickly opened the commission to accusations of corruption, as was the case with numerous other city agencies that were controlled by Tammany Hall.[2][3][4] In 1873, the state legislature passed a charter revision, making the dock board a three-member commission.[13] The head of the department was made a one-person commissioner, with a deputy, by the city charter revision of 1901.
Docks-New York Harbor, 1947
New York CityNew York State LegislatureNew York City Chartercity governmentWilliam M. "Boss" TweedTammany Hallstate senatorManhattanHugh J. GrantA. Oakey HallWilliam F. HavemeyerJacob A. WesterveltSamuel B. H. VanceWilliam H. WickhamSalem Howe WalesSmith Ely Jr.Edward CooperWilliam Laimbeer Jr.William R. GraceFranklin EdsonJoseph KochAbram HewittJ. Sergeant CramThomas F. GilroyWilliam L. StrongCharles F. MurphyRobert Van WyckSeth LowGeorge Brinton McClellan, Jr.John A. BenselWilliam Jay GaynorRobert A.C. SmithJohn Purroy MitchelMurray HulbertJohn F. HylanJimmy WalkerJoseph V. McKeeJohn P. O'BrienFiorello H. La Guardia