He drew nearer to the balcony, laying his hand upon the multiflora rose creeper.
Boss Tweed used his influence with state politicians to pass legislation that shifted power away from the state and towards New York City. He obtained passage of the New York City charter in 1870, that gave him and his cronies the final say over all city expenditures.uring the 1860s and early 1870s, Tweed and his cronies ran New York City and stole many millions of dollars of public money; by some estimates, as much as $200 million.
Flaubert shows that the power of the new bourgeois lies in the men, and they control the avenues to wealth and social standing. In the aristocratic society of Voltaireâs time, positions of power both in society and in wealth were also dominated by men and there was little chance for women to succeed in these areas.