Long Island State Park Commission

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Long Island State Park Commission
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Agency overview
FormedJanuary 8, 1924
Jurisdiction Long Island, U.S.
Headquarters Belmont Lake State Park,
North Babylon, New York, U.S.
Agency executive
Parent department New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Website https://parks.ny.gov/visit/regions/welcome-long-island-region

The Long Island State Park Commission, also known as LISPC or LISP, is a government agency on Long Island, in the state of New York, headquartered at Belmont Lake State Park in North Babylon. Originally a standalone agency, it is now a regional subdivision of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation. [1]

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History

Jones Beach State Park in Wantagh, New York, in 2021 Jones Beach West Bathhouse 2021g.jpg
Jones Beach State Park in Wantagh, New York, in 2021

The LISPC was created in 1924 by the New York State Legislature to build and operate parks & parkways on Long Island. [2] [3] [4] Governor Al Smith was appointed as its first President, and Robert Moses, who had drafted the bill creating the agency, served until 1953. [2] [5] [6] [7] [8] . The Long Island State Park Commission was once considered to be the most powerful and influential New York State agencies. Jones Beach State Park opened in 1929 and continued to develop and expand throughout the 1930’s despite the Great Depression displaying just how much money and power the agency had at the time. In 1946, Robert Moses created the Long Island State Park Police later renamed to Long Island State Parkway Police in 1950 to alleviate New York State Park Police’s responsibility of patrolling both parks and parkways.

Among the several parks constructed and formerly operated by the Long Island State Park Commission are Bethpage State Park, Jones Beach State Park, Sunken Meadow State Park, Montauk Point State Park, Robert Moses State Park, Belmont Lake State Park, Valley Stream State Park., and others. [2] [6] [9] The LISPC also oversaw the construction of Long Island's parkway system, which includes the Northern State Parkway, the Southern State Parkway, the Sagtikos State Parkway, the Bethpage State Parkway, the Sunken Meadow State Parkway, the Robert Moses Causeway and several others. [2] [6] [10]

Around 1980, the Long Island State Park Commission was dissolved as a standalone agency, with jurisdiction over its parks largely being taken over by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, while its parkway maintenance was taken over by the New York State Department of Transportation however, ownership of these parkways still belong to the State Parks. [11]

Governance

The Long Island State Park Commission is a regional subdivision of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, one of its eleven Regional Park Commissions. [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Bryan Erwin Named Chair of State Council of Parks - New York Almanack". April 11, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Caro, Robert (1974). The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York . New York: Knopf. ISBN   978-0-394-48076-3. OCLC   834874.
  3. ↑ "Fire Island Park Given 600 Acres By Government". The Brooklyn Daily Times. June 23, 1924. p. 6. Retrieved January 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Regional Plan Association's 100-Year History on Long Island". RPA. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Robert Moses Collection". New York State Archives. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 Goldberger, Paul (July 30, 1981). "Robert Moses, Master Builder, Is Dead At 92". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  7. ↑ Smith, J. Y. (July 30, 1981). "Robert Moses, Master Builder of Parks, Bridges, Buildings, Dies". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Lehman Renames Moses To Long Island Park Post". The New York Times. May 13, 1942. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  9. ↑ Gralla, Joan (August 3, 2019). "Jones Beach at 90: A seaside castle for the public lives on". Newsday. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Compact NYSDOT Highway Record Plans: Beginning 1900". State of New York. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  11. ↑ Kramer, Joel (March 30, 1978). "Albany Pact Would End Toll on Southern Pkwy: Albany Pact Would End All Tolls On Southern Parkway, Lido Loop". Newsday . pp. 1, 5.


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