New York State Senator Rubén Díaz Archived Websites

Senator Rubén Díaz, a Democrat, was first elected to the Senate in 2002. He represents the 32nd Senate District, which consists of the South Bronx neighborhoods of Castle Hill, Clason Point, Hunts Point, Longwood, Melrose, Morrisania, Parkchester, Pelham Parkway, Soundview, and Union Port. He has served as Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Aging and as Chair of the Senate Puerto Rican/Latino Caucus.

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of Senator Rubén Díaz. Researchers should note that in 2009, each Senator was allotted space on the main Senate website and the official sites of individual Senators were removed from the live Web.

B2215-06: This accretion consists of an archival copy of Senator Díaz's official website produced on December 20, 2006, shortly before Governor George E. Pataki (1995-2006) left office. It contains biographical information, photographs, press releases (2006) concerning housing, social services, immigrant rights, same-sex marriage, and other matters of interest to Senator Díaz's constituents. A map of the 32nd Senate District is also included.

B2215-08: This accretion consists of a copy of Senator Díaz's official website produced on June 13, 2008, shortly after the resignation of Governor Eliot L. Spitzer (2007-2008). It contains biographical information, photographs, and press releases (2008) concerning Governor David A. Paterson's May 2008 directive compelling state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states and other matters of interest to Senator Diaz's constituents.

Researchers should also note that, owing to the structure of the live site and the limitations of Web archiving technology, some of the information contained within this site could not be captured properly in mid-2008. In addition, some of the navigational links do not work properly. However, identical sets of navigational links appear at the top and the bottom of each page. If the link in one set does not work correctly, click the Web browser's Back button and then click on the corresponding link in the other set.

B2197Series B2197, New York State Senate Archived Websites, contains copies of the main Senate website.

The New York State Archives used Web archiving software to copy these websites in order to preserve the information they contain.

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