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[QUOTE="cto, post: 2590990, member: 412"]
In NYC,  the only qualification apparently has been to be a friend of the mayor.  This list is almost entirely mayoral friends:

[SIZE=5][B]City Parks Department Commissioners, 1934 to Present*[/B][/SIZE]
January 18, 1934 to May 23, 1960 (26 years, 4 months): Robert Moses (Mayors LaGuardia, O'Dwyer, Impellitteri, and Wagner)

May 24, 1960 to January 15, 1966 (5 years, 8 months): Newbold Morris (Mayor Wagner)

January 16, 1966 to March 15, 1967 (1 year, 3 months): Thomas P.. Hoving (Mayor Lindsay)

March 16, 1967 to December 31, 1972 (5 years, 9 months): August Heckscher (Mayor Lindsay)

January 1, 1973 to December 31, 1973 (1 year): Richard M. Clurman (Mayor Lindsay)

January 1, 1974 to September 22, 1975 (1 year, 9 months): Edwin L. Weisl, Jr. (Mayor Beame)

September 23, 1975 to December 28, 1975 (3 months): Alexander Wirin (Mayor Beame)

January 1, 1976 to June 30, 1977 (1 year, 6 months): Martin Lang (Mayor Beame)

July 2, 1977 to January 20, 1978 (6 months): Joseph P. Davidson (Mayor Beame)

January 23, 1978 to April 1, 1983 (5 years, 3 months): Gordon J. Davis (Mayor Koch)

April 2, 1983 to February 4, 1990 (6 years, 10 months): Henry J. Stern (Mayor Koch)

February 5, 1990 to December 31, 1993 (3 years, 11 months): Elisabeth . (Betsy) Gotbaum (Mayor Dinkins)

January 1, 1994 to February 3, 2002 (8 years, 1 month): Henry J. Stern (Mayor Giuliani)

February 4, 2002 to August 29, 2012 (10 years, 6 months) Adrian Benepe (Mayor Bloomberg)

August 30, 2012 to December 31, 2013 (1 year, 4 months): Veronica M. White (Mayor Bloomberg)
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