Legislative files of Assemblyman Edward Amann

Organized in three subseries: 1. General Correspondence, 1960-1966; 2. Joint Legislative Committee on Unemployment Insurance, 1951-1966; 3. Claims Committee, 1961-1964.

Alphabetical by subject in subseries 1 and 2; alphabetical by name of committee member in subseries 3.

Edward J. Amann, Jr., Republican, was elected to the New York State Assembly in the 1952 general election, representing the 65th district of Richmond County. During his thirteen years in office, Assemblyman Amann sponsored and enacted into law many bills of benefit to civil service workers. He also sponsored and enacted into law the state's minimum wage law. He was chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee on Unemployment Insurance (elected in 1963), a member of the Joint Legislative Committee on Mental Retardation and Physical Handicap, and a member of the Claims Committee.

This series consists of the legislative records of Assemblyman Edward J. Amann, Jr., created and compiled from 1951-1966. The records include correspondence with constituents, invitations, memoranda, news clippings, pamphlets, and telegrams concerning issues discussed in the Assembly during 1966; as well as bills, letters, press releases, reports, salary schedules and vouchers of the Joint Legislative Committee on Unemployment Insurance and the Claims Committee. The series is divided into three subseries: General Correspondence, Joint Legislative Committee on Unemployment Insurance, and Claims Committee.

Subseries 1, General Correspondence, 1960-1966: Contains correspondence, invitations, memoranda, news clippings, pamphlets, and telegrams relating to issues discussed in the Assembly, mainly during 1966. Records relate to such subjects as: education, insurance, medical assistance, taxes, New York City Transportation Agency, New York City transit strike of 1966, and water pollution.

Subseries 2, Joint Legislative Committee on Unemployment Insurance, 1951-1966: Contains bills, letters, memoranda, press releases, manuals, pamphlets, monographs, reports, salary schedules, vouchers, and annual reports concerning the activities of the Joint Legislative Committee, of which Assemblyman Amann was elected chairman in 1963. Records relate to such subjects as: unemployment insurance tax rates, financing and benefit amounts, unemployment insurance laws concerning dependents, allowances, labor and management view of unemployment insurance, claimants of unemployment insurance compensation funds, and retirement and survivors' benefit programs.

Subseries 3, Claims Committee, 1961-1964: Contains bills, correspondence, memoranda, and reports of Assembly bills concerning the Court of Claims. The first folder contains general information; subsequent folders include bills and claims introduced into the Assembly from January 4, 1951 to February 21, 1961.

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These records were a gift to Syracuse University Library's Manuscripts and Special Collections by Edward J. Amann in September 1967. They were transferred to the New York State Archives in June 2006 and accessioned during the summer of 2007.

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.