Buttigieg Draws Criticism For Reopening Racism Roads Theory

WASHINGTON, DC — Transportation Security Pete Buttigieg says the U.S. will ensure a portion of the trillion-dollar infrastructure bill goes to redesigning highways facing racial inequities.

He said on Monday, "Sometimes it really is the case that an overpass went in a certain way that is so harmful that it’s got to come down or maybe be put underground."

But Buttigieg is dealing with criticism for the comments, even though for decades it has been the elephant in the room on Long Island.

Since Robert Caro's famed biography on master builder Robert Moses, "The Power Broker," hit the shelves in 1974, we first saw the thought process that went into Moses' planning for beaches and parks.

"He had restricted the use of state parks by poor and lower-middle-class families in the first place, by limiting access to the parks by rapid transit, Caro wrote. "He had vetoed the Long Island Railroad's proposed construction of a branch spur to Jones Beach for this reason."

As Caro pointed out, in 1930s New York, buses required permits to enter state parks.

"Buses chartered by Negro groups found it very difficult to obtain permits, particularly to Moses' beloved Jones Beach," he wrote.

Caro's "The Power Broker," at more than 1,100 pages, is the definitive account of Moses and his control. It won the Pulitzer Prize.

A former NYPD officer is one person calling for Buttigieg to “resign in disgrace," according to the New York Post.