NP but Oyster Bay, LI and the theme of development. A pre-history.

[Mark Kohut]

"Worse still, Vogt had lost his job, despite his reputation for competence.
[Robert] Moses had leased the sanctuary land for a dollar a year form the
adjacent township of Oyster Bay.
To raise funds to maintain Jones Beach, he put a toll on the roads leading
to it. Suddenly people in Oyster Bay
had to pay to visit a beach that had previously been free. In a fit of
pique, the Oyster Bay town board
revoked the sanctuary lease on May 20, 1935, shutting it down. Vogt's job
went with it. Again he was rescued by a birdwatching contact."
                             ---   p. 54 The Wizard & the Prophet, Charles
Mann.