Dissolving The Parkway Police
In 1980, with Moses' power broken, the New York State legislature passed legislation giving the New York State Police responsibility for the state parkways, while the New York State Park Police maintained responsibility for the parks. Officers of the Long Island State Parkway Police were given the option of transferring to either the State Police or the State Park Police.
Headquartered at Belmont Lake State Park in North Babylon, the New York State Park Police currently patrols 25,000 acres (101 km2) of parkland in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
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