New York State Emergency Financial Control Board for the City of Yonkers Meeting Minutes
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Overview of the Records
Repository
- New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
- This series contains official minutes and related documents of the Emergency Financial Control Board for the City of Yonkers. Minutes record attendees, agenda, and business transacted. Also included are contracts to be approved or disapproved; correspondence and memorandums; newspaper articles; City of Yonkers laws and city council resolutions; court documents; reports and statements submitted to the Board; records of bond filings and sales and the city's original "Financial Plan" for coping with the financial crisis.
Title
- New York State Emergency Financial Control Board for the City of Yonkers meeting minutes
Quantity
- 3 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
- 12564
Creator
Arrangement
Chronological by date of meeting.
Scope and Content Note
This series contains official minutes and related documents of the Emergency Financial Control Board for the City of Yonkers. Written on loose typewritten sheets, the minutes contain information on who attended each meeting, what the agenda was, and business transacted. Additional records filed with the minutes are copies of materials distributed to each board member or submitted to the Board, such as listings of contracts to be approved or disapproved; correspondence and memorandums relevant to or received during a given meeting; copies of newspaper articles; copies of City of Yonkers laws and city council resolutions; copies of court documents related to the Board's deliberations; reports and statements submitted to the Board; and records of bond filings and sales. Also included is a copy of the original submission of the city's "Financial Plan" to cope with the financial crisis.
Each meeting was assigned a consecutive number starting at one. At least two file folders exist for each meeting. The first folder contains the official copy of the minutes and agenda, while the second contains the materials distributed to each Board member and documents received by the Board. If a bond filing or sale was submitted for the Board's review at a meeting, records concerning this were included in a third folder. The original submission of the city's "Financial Plan" is located in the third folder for meeting three.
Related Material
12565Series 12565, Counsel's Correspondence and Subject Files, contains related records of the Emergency Financial Control Board for the City of Yonkers.
Access Restrictions
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